How best to get an old BIOS to see the full size of a big

[Jon Pruente]

How/when was it formatted?  I know there are drive size issues under
XP and such.  Linux should work with a drive at its actual size after
boot and detection by the running kernel, unless the size cap jumper
is set on the drive. ;)

Jon.

On Jan 14, 2008 4:32 AM, Greg Brooks <gregb at west-third.com> wrote:
> Well, the command (thanks, guys!) shows a sufficiently large disk (see
> below). So it's simply a resizing issue?
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> # Disk /dev/sdb: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
> # 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
> # Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> # Disk identifier: 0x0f800000
> #
> #    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> # /dev/sdb1               1       30401   244196001   83  Linux
> #
> # Disk /dev/sdb1: 250.0 GB, 250056705024 bytes
> # 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30400 cylinders
> # Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> # Disk identifier: 0x00000000
> #
> # Disk /dev/sdb1 doesn't contain a valid partition table
>
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