770Z using the full 14G drive

[Richard Seymour]

Hello Rob,

Friday, July 16, 1999, 9:55:01 PM, you wrote:

RM> | My understanding is that you need to upgrade to a later kernel to
RM> | recognize the stuff above 8 gigs. My sister and I may be doing this
RM> | over the weekend on her 770Z.

RM> Actually, no official kernel release through 2.2.10 supports the 14.1
RM> GB drive. The Mandrake Linux 6.0 distribution has a patched kernel that
RM> DOES recognize the drive.

Then I'll be doing something else with my sister, I guess. (Probably
getting her PCMCIA token ring card up and running.)

Where can I get more info on the patch that Mandrake applied to
support the large drive?


Best regards,
 Richard                            mailto:rseymour@anarchysoftware.com