Re: 200 GB Maxtor drive (48bit LBA) ?

From: Guy Fraser (guy_at_incentre.net)
Date: 05/31/04

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    Paul Reilly wrote:

    >I'm trying to install Fedora Core 2 on a system with a Maxtor
    >200 GB drive. The BIOS detects the 200 GB capacity of the drive,
    >but the Fedora Core 2 kernel doesn't. This is odd, since RH9 does.
    >It appears that 48bit LBA is not enabled in the kernel on the FC2
    >disks. Can anyone confirm this? Whats the best way to workaround it?
    >
    >Thanks
    >Paul
    >
    It installed fine on my machine which has two 160GB drives.

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