Re: [cobalt-users] [RaQ 3i] additional 40Gb HDD - can't see more than 5Gb

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 30 Jan 2004, patrick blackburn wrote:

> (btw: I have searched the cobalt-users archives, Google, and tested on
> our other RaQ 3's, to no avail...)
>
> We have a Cobalt RaQ3i with a 15Gb HDD.  I need to add additional
> storage, so I have installed a 40Gb HDD (hdb), but the RaQ will only add
> it through the webui as a 5Gb HDD.  I know the OS sees the HDD in all
> it's glory:
>
>   hda: ST315323A, 14652MB w/512kB Cache, CHS=29770/16/63, UDMA(33)
>   hdb: WDC WD400BB-32AUA1, 38166MB w/2048kB Cache, CHS=77545/16/63,
>   (U)DMA
>
> Even running fdisk from the command line only allows me to see a limited
> number of Cylinders (12009 instead of 77545):
>
>   [root@cobalt /root]# fdisk /dev/hdb
>   Command (m for help): p
>   Disk /dev/hdb: 16 heads, 63 sectors, 12009 cylinders
>   Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes
>
> Any ideas on how to enable this HDD for full capacity additional storage?

Upgrade the ROM!

Gerald
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