Re: 486 with a large HDD

["Wye Enterprises" <wye@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

To install new generation HDD on 486 etc use the DM Disk supplied anling
with the Drive, else d/l from seagate.com or ontract.com and partion the
disk using the DM IT WILL WOrk.

- ----- Original Message -----
From: C Sanjay <sanjay_chigurupati@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <linux-india@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 18, 1999 12:09 AM
Subject: Re: 486 with a large HDD


> Hi  ramas,
>            I  can  help  u  only  partially .  Try  setting  ur BIOS
>  to   "auto"  and  see  if  it  works.  Btw ,  if  you  have  your
>  Seagate  installation  manual it  will  have  the  exact  values of
>  the  parameters  and  mode  to  be  used .  Anyway  auto  mode  should
>  work  hopefully.
>
>  Hope  this  helps.  Let  me  know  the  outcome.
>
>  Sanjay
>
> ramas wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> > I am having a problem with a 486 DX2 @66 machine. This machine got
itself a
> > new HDD Seagate with 4.3 GB HDD and I am attempting to install Linux on
this
> > machine to act as a firewall. DOS fdisk does not see more than 504 MB of
the
> > HDD. So I used the Disk Manager that came with teh HDD to create two
> > partitions.
> > In addition while chosing a server install the machine fails to mount
after
> > trying the various partitions. I had set the BIOS settings to both LBA
and
> > normal but to no avail. Does someone have a clue with this type of
install.
> >
> > Thanks
> > - ramas
> >
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Linux India is NOT a forum for Microsoft/India/Pakistan/US/UK bashing.
Flame baits will not be tolerated.  If you can appreciate satire read
http://www.templetons.com/brad/emily.html

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