From: peter machule (machule_at_triumf.ca)
Date: Fri Sep 08 2000 - 02:06:55 EDT
IBM has a real problem with BIOS support of larger HD's .
This is NOT only a Thinkpad problem but also includes their Engineering Workstations .
We have Intellistations that do not support HD's larger than 8.4GB's !!
They have updated the Bios on this model ~20 times, with the last update a few weeks ago.
You'd think the idiots could figure out how to add the ext. int13h Code for large HD support to a slightly older BIOS.
It is soooo trivial .
I had this esculated to 2nd level and even had IBM's Cust Service call me to apologize .
Nothing so far after 3 weeks of waiting .
Thanks for letting me rant . ;-}
..peter..
And yes the 6.4Gb problem is a BIOS issue.
Hmmm shouldn't that be a 8.4GB ?
I wonder if the idiots are using a simple lookup table .
ie. fixed disk geometries,
LOL
----- Original Message -----
From: STeve Andre' <andres_at_msu.edu>
To: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 10:11 PM
Subject: Re: [365XD] upgrading HD and ram?
> Bill, When you say that a unit like the 365 can only handle a 6.4G disk,
> are you in essence referring to the largest disk that the bios knows about
> in terms of disk geometries, etc?
>
> The reason I ask, is a friend wants to try some version of Linux, and wants
> to use a larger disk than the common wisdom says you can. If its a matter
> of dealing with disk geometries, then I would think that as long as the
> Linux partition (or whatever) starts within a boundary that the bios can
> deal with, once the op system is going it wouldn't have to use bios
> geometries at all, and might work on a larger disk.
>
> Or, are there other reasons why so many of the older TP's max out at
> 6.4G?
>
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