[ltp] 600E Large Disk Config

[Rob Mayoff]

| /dev/hda:
|  Model=IBM-DCXA-210000, FwRev=CX6IA82F, SerialNo=PR0XRGF7150
|  Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
|  RawCHS=16383/15/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
|  BuffType=3(DualPortCache), BuffSize=420kB, MaxMultSect=16,
|  MultSect=off, DblWordIO=no, maxPIO=2(fast), DMA=yes, maxDMA=2(fast)
|  CurCHS=1023/240/63, CurSects=1011810540, LBA=yes, LBA=yes,
|  LBAsects=19640880
|  tDMA={min:120,rec:120},
|  DMA modes: sword0 sword1 sword2 mword0 mword1 mword2
|  IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4
|  UDMA modes: mode0 mode1 *mode2

As someone else already said, the answer is to boot with a command line
like this:

LILO: linux hda=1299,240,63

This is computed by looking at LBAsects, in your case 19640880.  Divide
it by 240 and then by 63 to get your true number of cylinders.

1299 * 240 * 63 * 512 = 10056130560, your disk capacity in bytes.

| So now, I'm about to make rescue disks and partition the drive from
| scratch with fdisk, then install (for the 5th time) RH6.1 into these
| partitions.  Unless you have a better suggestion :)

You should be able to press Alt-F2 during the install process (once
you're in "second stage install") and get a shell prompt.  From there
you can probably run fdisk.  So rescue disks might be unnecessary.

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