Openserver 5.0.5 only installs on 8 GB of a 30 GB IDE Hard Drive

[kmchar]

Hi

I am trying to installing ScoOpenserver 5.0.5 on a 30 GB IDE disk, the motherboard in the machine is relatively old (about 6 years), with a Pentium 133 chip in it. But when I get to fdisk/divvy in the installation, it says the disk is only 8 GB, not 30 GB as expected.

The BIOS detects the IDE hard drive and says its size is around 8 GB. It looks like SCO is getting its disk parameters from the BIOS, is this correct???
If it is can it be changed ???

Out of interest when I tried to install Windows 2000 on the same machine and disk, it detects the hard disk as 30 GB ??

Thanks

Kelvin

 

[Betan]

Hi,

you have to upgrade your bios, so your fdisk will recognize your 30Gb disk
I think it's th better way.
And w2k by-pass the bios for recognize hard drive.

Betan

 

[stanhubble]

No, you can tell the installation the proper parameters for your disk.

as part of your boot string add:

biosgeom=(cylinders,heads,sectors)

 

[PHV]

I agree with stanhubble.
On the boot prompt try this:

defbootstr biosgeom=(cylinders,heads,sectors)

Obviously, you have to know the CHS params of your drive, and to disable LBA on your BIOS.

Hope This Help
PH.

 

[Betan]

Ok i don't know you can do this...It's the better solution
Betan
P.S. : but mine works too

 

[stanhubble]

Not all motherboards and bios's (biosii?) have updates available to them. 5.0.4 and 5.0.5 have an 8GB "IDE" limitation that you have to use the biosgeom parameter to get around.

 

[kelqc]

Thanks for all the replies.

I will try defbootstr biosgeom=(cylinders,heads,sectors)

Thanks again
Kelvin