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Re: [PLUG] Q: linux and big hard drive
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---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Adam Preset <preset@swarthmore.edu>
Reply-To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 11:35:18 -0400
>Could be some weirdness with the partition table on the disk. See if you
>can ignore it with:
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>/sbin/cfdisk -z /dev/hda
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>You should be able to repartition to your heart's content.
You should never just ignore something so potentially serious, at least without a lot more investigation; ignoring things like this can eat your HD.
IIRC, support for HDs > 32G didn't get put in the kernel until 2.2.10 or .12 - something later than what you're using. Try a later version of the kernel. Check the changelogs at <http://www.kernel.org>.
Oh, and remember to make /boot it's own partition, 1st on the disk. 10M is plenty - even overkill. BUT ... it means that the kernel is always within the 1st 1024 cyclinders, and it'll boot every time.
>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:
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>> 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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>Adam Preset <preset@swarthmore.edu>
>Systems Administrator
>Swarthmore College
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