On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:56:34 +0000 (UTC), "Sean Town"
<seantown@btinternet.com> wrote:

>Hi
>
>I am having problems addressing a 40Gb EIDE disk when installing OpenServer
>5.0.2 on dell PC. I use biosgeom=(4800, 255, 63) at the Boot: prompt and
>it sees the entire drive and installs - my problem comes after a reboot and
>it says there is NO OS - if I install without using biosgeom and it uses the
>drives CHS values (not LBA) it boots but only sees 8Gb.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Sean
>
>
You might could patch 502 up to a point where it can recognize drives
larger than 8GB, or you could try booting from a DOS floppy and run
fdisk /mbr (it sometimes works but use at your own risk), but your
best bet (as Tony implies) is to upgrade the OS to a version from this
century.

DDinAZ