My large (> 1/2 gig) IDE drive reports more than 16 heads, and as a result Linux won install on it. What can I do?
See the file /docs/mini/Large-IDE for instructions on how to make it work. (Thanks to Bob DiMarco for forwarding this to me, and Patrick LoPresti for compiling the information in the first place) Note that newer kernels (> 1.1.40) will do this translation for you automatically, and thus make the workaround unnecessary.
Related Questions
- I have just installed a large IDE hard drive, but after jumpering it the BIOS detects it as having only 2.1GB of capacity. Do I need a BIOS update to use the full capacity of the drive?
- My large (> 1/2 gig) IDE drive reports more than 16 heads, and as a result Linux won install on it. What can I do?
- My IDE Iomega ZIP drive has a lot of jumpersettings. Which should I use?
