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Re: [PLUG] Q: linux and big hard drive
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Could be some weirdness with the partition table on the disk. See if you
can ignore it with:
/sbin/cfdisk -z /dev/hda
You should be able to repartition to your heart's content.
On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 11:17:51AM -0400, Jeff Abrahamson wrote:
> I got this nifty 40 Gb hard drive (7200 rpm, UDMA/66, $160,
> Staples). I'm not planning on booting off of it: this is a second
> disk. So I believe the BIOS don't matter, because linux doesn't use
> the BIOS except to find /boot/vmlinuz.
>
> So I run /sbin/fdisk and I'm told the following:
>
> Disk /dev/hda: 16 heads, 63 sectors, 13870 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 1 13870 6990448+ 83 Linux
>
> Now the drive (a Maxtor DiamondMax) has 16383 cylinders, 16 heads, and
> 63 sectors. So already something is wrong. Moreover, /sbin/cfdisk says
> this is a 7 Gb drive, not a 40 Gb drive.
>
> So something is wrong.
>
> This is a machine I bought new in November 1998. It's a Gigabyte
> motherboard, although I don't have the version number handy. Looks
> like I'm running a 2.2.5 kernel.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> --
> Jeff Abrahamson
> 610/270-4845
> abrahj01@molbio.sbphrd.com
>
>
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