Re: problem in installing linux in hardisk of 20gb

["Suraj.co.in" <suraj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Hai,
>
> This problem is not specific to 20GB HDD. I have seen this problem on a
> 4.3GB disk, 8GB disk and even on a 17 GB disk.

>
> Try any other partitioning tool other than Disk druid and try. I used
> fdisk.
>
> If you find some "hard disk .... " error message while installation that
> might happen on a seagate HDD then try replacing the HDD if possible. For
> more info on this. See the mail archive of our lug. If i have time I will
> re-post that discussion mail related to this..
>

Replacing the Harddisk? not necessary I suppose... Juust read the large disk
HOWTO. That should make the pt. clear that its gotta lot to do with the BIOS
than the HDD itself!

    -Suraj

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