Re: New Installation does not see entire Hard Drive

From: Bela Lubkin (belal_at_sco.com)
Date: 02/24/04

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    Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 18:05:25 GMT
To: scomsc@xenitec.ca

    Don wrote:

    > I'm trying to to a installation of SCO Open Server 5.0.5. I have a
    > Maxtor 6E040L0 40GB drive but SCO is only seeing a fraction of the
    > drive. I've installed MaxBlast III although there was no mention of
    > any Easy BIOS install. Any suggestions?
    >
    > Here are the specs I see when I run through the install procedure and
    > after installation:
    >
    > MAXTOR-6E040L0 40GB
    > CHS: 16383 x 16 x 63 (8.46 GB)
    > LBA: 80293248 (41.11 GB)
    >
    > Disk Param Values
    > ======== =====
    > Cylinders 1024
    > Heads 255
    > Write Reduce 0
    > Write Precomp 0
    > Ecc 0
    > Control 8
    > Landing Zone 16383
    > Sectors/Track 63

    This geometry is equal to 8GB (1024 * 255 * 63 * 512).

    Try starting the install with:

      Boot
      : defbootstr biosgeom

    Does it come up with a more useful geometry?

    >Bela<

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