Re: [cobalt-users] Installing a larger drive

[Mark Engelhardt <marke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on 10/28/00 1:52 PM, Florian Effenberger at
florian.effenberger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Hi,
> 
>> I have a RaQ3 customer that installed a 60GB drive in a RaQ3 and
>> installed the software restore from the CD with no problems.
>> Everything works fine, however, only 11GB show up as being
>> available? Has anyone installed larger drives in a RaQ3, and if so,
>> how did you get the Cobalt OS to make all of the drive available?
> 
> Did you install the OS Upgrade 3.0? I think it corrects a similar bug.
> 

I also thought that the kernel in  OS Upgrade 3.0 would allow a 60gb hard
drive to work in a raq 3,  but I have been trying for several days with no
success.  I sent a note to cobalt support on friday, but I have not heard
anything.

Here is the story on which kernel is needed:

http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/LDP/HOWTO/Large-Disk-HOWTO-12.html



Mark Engelhardt