From: Grant Taylor <gtaylor@gentoo.tnetconsulting.net>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Fdisk reports new HD as 10MiB
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2019 09:42:11 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <012c380d-5279-d7f5-0d99-eb4b1da42a6e@spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKx5OMazL573ix+o_xxObmv=jiCkXCzzxG5sTtvvyQiNqpXVSw@mail.gmail.com>
On 7/5/19 8:40 AM, Vladimir Romanov wrote:
> May be your motherboard or BIOS just too old, and it doesn't support
> such hard disks?
I remember a time when Linux would support large (multi-GB) drives when
the BIOS would not support them.
Linux could bypass the BIOS and talk directly to the drives and utilize
the drive's full capacity.
The idea that Linux can no longer do this with larger drives disheartens me.
--
Grant. . . .
unix || die
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-07-05 15:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-07-05 14:12 [gentoo-user] Fdisk reports new HD as 10MiB Robin Atwood
2019-07-05 14:14 ` Vladimir Romanov
2019-07-05 14:30 ` Robin Atwood
2019-07-05 14:31 ` Vladimir Romanov
2019-07-05 14:36 ` Robin Atwood
2019-07-05 14:40 ` Vladimir Romanov
2019-07-05 15:42 ` Grant Taylor [this message]
2019-07-05 14:34 ` Mick
2019-07-05 14:44 ` Robin Atwood
2019-07-05 14:47 ` Mick
2019-07-05 15:33 ` Robin Atwood
2019-07-05 23:11 ` Adam Carter
2019-07-06 14:30 ` Robin Atwood
2019-07-06 14:56 ` Dale
2019-07-06 22:19 ` Wol's lists
2019-07-07 1:12 ` Dale
2019-07-07 12:19 ` Wols Lists
2019-07-07 12:38 ` Dale
2019-07-09 1:34 ` Adam Carter
2019-07-09 21:45 ` Wols Lists
2019-07-06 1:14 ` Paul Colquhoun
2019-07-06 14:28 ` Robin Atwood
2019-07-06 22:23 ` Wol's lists
2019-07-07 1:15 ` Dale
2019-07-09 22:06 ` Mike Gilbert
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