[plug] Bios hard drive addressing mode frustration

[Arie Hol]

On 15 Jan 2005 at 17:46, rpowersau at gmail.com wrote:

> Just a guess, the bios was set that way for the original HD? Maybe the
> 2GB didn't support LBA?
> 
> CHS isthe older addressing mode. LBA gives a greater addressing range
> for larger drives.
> 
> On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 10:12:15 +0800, Adam Davin
> <bladebadger at westnet.com.au> wrote:
> > Good Morning All,
> > 
> > I performed a hard drive upgrade the other day on a machine with debian installed,(replaced a 
~2gb
> > hd with a new 80gb hd) following the "hard drive upgrade howto". I have done this before on 
other
> > machines and it has worked flawlessly.
> > 

The 2Gb drive probably didn't need to have LBA enabled, and the BIOS will not enable LBA unless you 
set the BIOS to "AUTO" detect hard drives at boot up.

Other wise you need to set LBA manually.

My 5 cents worth.

Regards Arie
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