RE: Max Drive size?

["Burke, Jason" <JBurke@lrs.com>]

Hi Charles,

try using /dev/hdb1, and see if that helps. The only size limitation
that I know of
is that the kernel image needs to sit below 1023 cylinders if your going
to use
lilo instead of a boot disk.

Jason Burke
Network Engineer
Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc.
www.lrs.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	charles@lunargraphics.net [SMTP:charles@lunargraphics.net]
> Sent:	Tuesday, January 05, 1999 1:30 PM
> To:	Linux Users Club of IL
> Subject:	Max Drive size?
> 
> 
> I am running RH5.1, and trying to install a new EIDE Hard Drive which
> is
> 8gig. Attempting to run 
> 
> fdisk /dev/hdc1
> 
> gives me 
> 
> Unable to read /dev/hdc1
> 
> The drive *is* the master on the 2nd IDE controller.
> Is there a limit to the hard drive size linux can handle?
> 
> cjm
> 
> 
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