[plug] Big new hdd in old pc

[james.elliott]

I haven't read all the replies, so you have probably been told this
already, but you need to upgrade your BIOS.  Whether that is possible
or not depends on whether the Mainboard manufacturer has continued to
support the old motherboard.  I suggest going to the manufacturers
Web site;  find your board in thelist of products; if there is a more
recent version of the BIOS to be downloaded, then download it, along
with the executable for installing it, and flash your BIOS.

It has worked for me on several occasions - but sometimes there just
is not an up to date BIOS for every motherboard.

Kind regards,

James Elliott

---- Original Message ----
From: bowden at iinet.net.au
To: plug at plug.linux.org.au, 
Subject: RE: [plug] Big new hdd in old pc
Date: 17 Jan 2003 14:40:18 +0800

>Hi all,
>
>I would like to install a new seagate 80gb hdd in an old pc with an 
>asus
>mb (440lx based) but the bios won't find it.  I have been advised 
>that
>using an ide controller card probably would not solve the problem as 
>it
>will still only see 40 gb or so.  Anyone had any experience with 
>this?
>
>There are all sorts of windows utilities to support the large disks 
>but
>am I going to have any luck with linux?  Is there any way of getting 
>the
>drive going?
>
>Thanks,
>Tim Bowden
>
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>
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