Re: Dynamic Drive overlay

From: ZedGama3 (ZedGama3_at_nospam.com)
Date: 12/03/04

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    Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 04:25:56 GMT

    Well I was able to get linux installed and recognizes the full size, but I
    can't get lilo to update or grub to install, I've tried both the MBR and the
    first sector of the boot partition.
    I copied the MBR to a file and it looks like the original lilo comes first
    then grub / lilo installs several bytes later, probably something to do with
    the transation.

    <jb> wrote in message news:41aaf56d$0$9497$afc38c87@news.easynet.co.uk...
    > "ZedGama3" <ZedGama3@nospam.com> wrote in message
    > news:ZF2qd.96012$V41.37958@attbi_s52...
    >> I have a 300MHz computer I've been using as a server for quite a while
    >> and
    >> it's done a great job. But recently the harddrive started to develop
    >> several bad sectors and had to be replace with a nice big 80GB
    >> westerndigital.
    >>
    >> The bios recognizes the drive as a 32GB drive with the cylinder
    >> limitation
    >> jumpers in place, locks up without them. I have been reading that linux
    >> does not require the drive overlay software to be loaded in order for the
    >> system to read the rest of the drive, but I can't seem to find out how to
    >> setup the system. I'm also not sure what to use for the harddrive
    >> values,
    >> as the cylinder limitation jumpers appear to change the way the harddrive
    >> looks to the system.
    >>
    >> On another computer w/o limitation jumpers:
    >> C/H/S: 38309/16/255
    >>
    >> W/ limistation jumpers
    >> C/H/S: 4111/255/63
    >>
    >> Any help appreciated
    >>
    >>
    > I had to use the limit jumpers a while back with 40G drives in oldish
    > pentiums. I just set the jumper, loaded windows 98 & then let linux
    > Mandake
    > 9 ish get on with it. No problems, but Lilo did get its info from the <
    > 32G
    > partitions. I guess if you want you could try seting the CHS to be
    > x/16/255
    > to match the HS part setting to the max your mb will allow. I dont think
    > either linux or later windows use chs after they are booted.
    >
    > --
    > Jonathan Bailey.
    >
    >

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