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kevin79
02-24-2002, 12:49 AM
I want to use a spare 10 gig hard drive in an old P150, but my BIOS won't recognize it. I've tried to install EZ-BIOS, but that won't recognize the drive either.
Linux will load on it, but I can't boot without a boot disk, since my BIOS doesn't see it.
Does anyone know how I can fix it so that I don't need to use the boot floppy?
Radar
02-25-2002, 12:28 AM
Perhaps a bios upgrade is available for you? I'm not sure if you checked with the board manufacturer, or the bios manufacturer. That's probably the only thing you can do aside from getting an older drive.
carlywarly
02-25-2002, 06:16 AM
Have you tried Maxtor's version of EZ bios - Maxblastplus? I have found it to be great for breaking hdd size barriers.
http://www.maxtor.com/SoftwareDownload/main/MAXBLAST.EXE
It might just work.
LILO wouldn't work if you install it beyond the 8Gb mark, will it?
mdwatts
03-07-2002, 07:01 AM
The newer versions of Lilo do not have the 1024 cylinder limitation anymore.
Of course we do not know what distro/version kevin79 is having the problem with.
kevin79
03-07-2002, 09:21 AM
Thanks for the help everyone. I got this drive working. I ended up trying a couple alternate jumper settings.
BTW, the problem was with RedHat 7.2