14.1GB 770Z Drive

[John D'Ausilio]

here's what I learned recently, with lots of blood, sweat, etc..

boot SuSE into the rescue system
run fdisk
x for expert menu
c and change cylinders to 1826
r to return to the regular fdisk menu
p will now show the entire drive :)

after you get it all loaded, add a kernel parm to lilo like
'hda=1826,240,63' to avoid above gymnastics. you might as well add 'mem=127M
boot=warm' while you're at it.

remember, you still need to locate the root partition within the first 1024
cylinders

john

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alec Sharma [mailto:alec.sharma@erols.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 21, 1999 4:38 AM
> To: linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
> Subject: 14.1GB 770Z Drive
>
>
> Hello:
>
> I recently installed SuSE v6.1 on an IBM 770Z TP, however it only
> recognizes 1024 cylinders (7.5GB). Is there any way to get Linux to
> recognize the entire 14.1GB drive space ?
>
> Appreciate any help.
>
> Alec
>