Re: WD internal eide160 gb 40-pin recommended packages
On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 18:46, John Stevenson wrote:
> >
> >
> >>On Tuesday 19 August 2003 04:05 pm, Antonio Rodr wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>What are the recommended packages for proper recognition and
> >>>functioning of a WD internal eide160 gb 40-pin hard disk? Planning
> >>>to install woody in it.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>Disks are more of a bios or kernel issue, most kernels by default are
> >>setup to handle atapi drives. That said I like to have hwtools &
> >>hdparm installed on IDE systems.
> >>
> The only things that will stop Linux from recognising your hard drive in
> full are:
>
> 1) The Bios
> 2) The IDE controller
> 3) Using older software versions
>
> You should be able to flash your bios if it does not support large
> drives, check the website for your motherboard. While you are there,
> check that your IDE controllers will support large drives.
>
> If your computer is over a year old, you may find that you can upgrade
> your bios, but cannot do anything about your IDE controller. In that
> case, upgrade your bios and use a seperate controller card that does
> support large drives.
>
> So long as you use a recent kernel (I suggest 2.4.20) then you should
> not have any problems seeing the full disk once the hardware is sorted out.
Even if the BIOS setup screen does not show you more than 137GB,
a new enough kernel and EIDE controller will give you 160GB.
Of course, as John says, if your mobo is more than ~1 year old,
you may need to get a PCI controller.
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