[ltp] 600E Large Disk Config

[Nick Bower]

> | So trying to resintall, I can't force RH's DiskDruid to use more than
> | 7.5GB.  Is there anyway to overcome this and use all my disk?  I've
> | checked some of the archives and Large HDD HowTo, but am still at a loss
> | for a solution without using Parition Manager (partly also because I no
> | longer have a windows partition).
> 
> Run "hdparm -i /dev/hda" and send us the output.

Fixed the problem by making rescue disks and making partitions in fdisk,
*forcing* it to write to 1295 cylinders.  no pretty, but it seems to be
working.

I'll be interested if other 10GB 600E owners have the same deal - well
at least here's your solution if you want that extra 25% of space.

nick
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