Re: large disk woe under debian installation
first of all, please reply to the list and not to someone that helped you...
i'm not sure, i mean sure you can partition only 120 gb, and then the rest,
but i think it would be better if you installed a debian allready with a
2.4.XX kernel. i think woody cames with to kernels, 2.2.XX and 2.4.18, if
you're image of the installer has the 2.4.18 kernel install this one (when
booting with the install disk press F1 or F2, you should see some install
option that says something like linux24 or expert24),it should recognise your
disk in full. if not you have another way, install sarge
sarge in going to pass to stable in a month or so (at leat what i heard),
sarge comes with a 2.4.27 and a 2.6.8-1(you can should the kernelthe same way
has in woody) kernel so you won't have a problem with this.
I hope you understood, and sorry about my english...
any questions, mail the list and not me please. if you mail the list anyone
can help you, other away only i can help you, and i'm not a guru
On Tuesday 09 November 2004 21:17, michael wrote:
> Rui - sorry to be a bit slow but the low level Linux stuff is new to me.
> Are you implying I can install Debian 3.0r (ie that doesn't recognise
> all of the hard drive), then update the kernel and then partition the
> remaining part of the HD (130-250Gb ''section'')? Or that I need to
> partition it initially when I have a 2.4.27 or 2.6.xx kernel (in which
> case how do I obtain said kernel -- I can't see it on the Debian web
> pages).
>
> I've looked for the thread you mention but without joy
>
> Thanks again, Michael
>
> >kernels under some versions of 2.4.XX don't have suport for LBA 48 (48
> > bits of adressinfg space), they only support 28 bits of
> > addressing(129Gb).
> >
> >if you compile the 2.4.27 or some of 2.6.XX you will have suport for large
> >disks.
> >
> >there is a thread in this list that explanes this... if you want to read
> > more about it
> >
> > Tuesday 09 November 2004 19:18, linux wrote:
> >>Firstly, apologies that I have seen some discussion on the newsgroups of
> >>this already but much of it goes over my head so please be gentle with
> >> me!
> >>
> >>I've a new PC, that has 2 Xeon chips and a 250Gb Western Digital hard
> >>drive. It came with a 32Gb NTFS partition with WinXP SP2 installed. From
> >>the WinXP boot I can see (hardware/device manager/IDE ATA/ATAPI
> >>controllers) that the controllers are:
> >> Intel 6300ESB Ultra ATA Storage Controller - 25A2
> >> Intel 6300ESB Ultra ATA Storage/SATA Controller - 25A3
> >>(it also lists primary and seconary IDE channels (each twice for some
> >>reason)
> >>
> >>So, when I use the Debian 3.0r2 (woody) installation CDs it only shows
> >>137Gb. I have noted that the discussion on the newsgroups discusses both
> >>different kernels and hardware. I'm not an expert on either, so please
> >>could somebody tell me (in simple terms!) what I should do? (Even if I
> >>could persuade the vendor to swap the 250Gb HD for 2 or 3 120Gb HDs I'll
> >>not sure if I'll have problems using several HDs!)
> >>
> >>Thanking you for your time and patience!
> >>Michael
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Rui Silva
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