770Z using the full 14G drive

[Richard Seymour]

Hello David,

Friday, July 16, 1999, 7:19:20 PM, you wrote:

DB> I have installed RedHat linux 6.0 but was unable to use the full 14G 
DB> of the drive.  It would only allow me to use about 8G and the rest 
DB> was unavailable.  I talked with redhat tech support and they 
DB> suggested that I should try at the boot prompt linux 
DB> hda=cyls,hds,sectors and said that this should work.  I had come 
DB> up with the cyls=1826, heads=240, and the sectors=63, and used 
DB> the command "linux hda=1826,240,63" at the linux boot prompt.  I 
DB> partitioned the drive and it seemed to partition the drive ok, showing 
DB> that I had 14G of space.  but after writting out the partitions the 
DB> install could not find any partitions to install linux on.  I rebooted 
DB> the machine and then was not able to remove the partitions with 
DB> dos or with a linux boot diskette.  I found a utility delpart.exe that 
DB> would delete the partitions.  

My understanding is that you need to upgrade to a later kernel to
recognize the stuff above 8 gigs. My sister and I may be doing this
over the weekend on her 770Z. I will be posting the results to my web
site: http://anarchysoftware.com/system/thinkpad770z/redhat6.html when
we do, but there are no guarantees I'll actually do it this weekend.

Best regards,
 Richard                            mailto:rseymour@anarchysoftware.com