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

["Al-Juhani" <aljuhani@xxxxxxxxx>]

Is this a new hard disk ..
Have you used it before on a DOS-Based system?

This problem I think happens if there is an existing partition from a
non-linux system ..

Al-Juhani
aljuhani@xxxxxxxxx

----- Original Message -----
From: "patrick blackburn" <pnb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 23:27
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] [RaQ 3i] additional 40Gb HDD - can't see more
than 5Gb


> Yes, but fdisk will not allow me to see more than 12009 cylinders, so
fdisk
> doesn't see the whole disk.
>
> >  [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
>
> Good idea, though.
>
> -Patrick