[plug] fdisk and the 32GB BIOS limit

[Mike Holland]

On Mon, 15 Apr 2002, Leon Brooks wrote:

> > I have a PC with an older Award BIOS that hangs on bootup,
> > when auto-detecting a >32GB HDD ( >64k virtual cylindars).
>
> Consider setting the BIOS parameters manually.

Maxtor warns against manually setting to >32GB on theses boards, on pain
of data loss. But no reason is given. Should I try it anyway?


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