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Master of Reality:

quote:Originally posted by VoidMain:
If Linux is having problems with your partition table then you probably have something set up wrong.  Is it set properly in the BIOS?  Or you didn't run the EZ-BIOS utility to wipe out the boot sector and partition table.

[ May 13, 2002: Message edited by: VoidMain ]
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run EZ-BIOS utility to wipe out boot sector and partition table?.. huh?
I'm not sure how it could be set wrong in the bios, but i checked it out and everything in there looked fine.

voidmain:
What drive do you have (make/model) and what are your BIOS settings? I.E. Cylinders/Sectors Per Track/Heads/LBA/etc. Also, who makes your BIOS and what is the release date?

[ May 13, 2002: Message edited by: VoidMain ]

Master of Reality:
my 40GB hd (hdb) is a Maxtor D540X:
actual cyls: 79,408
max cyls: 16,383
sect: 63
heads: 16

My other HD (hda) is an older Maxtor Fireball 2.55GB.

I tried having installing completely on one hard drive and then the other, to see if anythin was wrong with specifically one of them.

[ May 14, 2002: Message edited by: Master of Reality ]

Master of Reality:
BIOS: amibios version 1.21.06
http://www.ami.com/products/specsheet.cfm?DLFILE=amibiosdesktop.txt&CatID=6&ProdID=54

[ May 14, 2002: Message edited by: Master of Reality ]

voidmain:
Take a look at this:

http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/linux/Large-Disk-11.html#ss11.3

There is a section on the D540X specifically.  Don't know if it will help.  Also I am curious if the number of cylinders is causing a problem.  With the new IDE drives you can change the drive type in your BIOS to "User Defined", then reduce the number of cylinders and increase other params. I did this on my new machine and it worked like a champ.  As long as the total drive size comes out the same that's all that matters. i.e. your current settings are:

79,408cyl * 63sectors * 16heads * 512 / 1024 = 40021632k

In the user defined section if you can increase the sectors and heads and reduce the number of cylinders to come out with the same 40021632k this may solve your problem. It did for me on a large drive. BTW, in the BIOS you can use whatever numbers you want as long as you don't go over the total capacity of the drive. The drive will translate everything properly to the physical geometry (IDE only).

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