[NTLUG:Discuss] Hard Disk Size

[Bug Hunter]

  Yes, the problem could be with your bios.  Most older bioses that were
initially upgraded to handle large drives could only handle 8 gigabyte
drives maximum.

  You may be able to put together a 2 or 3 gigabyte partition, install
SUSE, and then later partition the rest, if linux's fdisk can see the
the large hard drive (it should).

  Make sure you have LBA turned on in your bios.



On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, vinod choyi wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I bought a new hard disk(13 Gb) recently and wanted to
> install SuSE/Caldera. When I tried to partition the
> hard disk to my surprise it just shows 7 Gb. Could the
> problem be with my bios. And if so, how could I solve
> the problem because the customer service at maxtor
> told me that they did know how I could do it on Linux,
> but they had solutions for Win 95/98.. 
> I have never installed Linux before.
> 
> regards and thanks
> 
> vinod
> 
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