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Re: a small disk question



On Mon, 7 Jun 1999, Constantin Eizner wrote:


The problem is of course unrelated to BIOS, and only related to reserved
percentage for root (the default mke2fs is 5% AFAIK).

I already sent a mail explaining what to do.

--Ariel

> the HOWTO about Linux IDE 8 GiB limit and *NOT* SCSI !
> Henry Ficher wrote:
> 
> > Older BIOSes will not detect hard disk space over 8.3 GB. See the webpage of
> > your hard disk manufacturer for a solution to this. See also:
> >
> > http://www.ssc.com/linux/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Large-Disk-11.html
> >
> > ___________________
> > Henry Ficher
> > ficher@netvision.net.il
> > ICQ#: 7130104
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Hashibon Adham <phadham@aluf.technion.ac.il>
> > To: ILUG <linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il>
> > Sent: Monday, June 07, 1999 10:21 AM
> > Subject: a small disk question
> >
> > > Hi, once i installed linux RH5.1 on a system with a 9.2 scsi disk, every
> > > thing was allright (and the machine is still working great) except that
> > > 'df' shows arround 8.5GB ofdisk space, though i used all of the disk for
> > > linux (it had no prior installation on it) so what's wrong!
> > >
> > > now i am gettinga new 10.2GB disk (ide), would i be able to use all the
> > > disk!
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > adham
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > > Adham Hashibon
> > > The Physics Department,
> > > Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
> > > Haifa 32000, Israel
> > > Tel:972-4829-2043, Fax:972-4822-1514
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> > >
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