[olug] OT: Setting LBA on a Compaq DL320 G2?

[Shannon]

just a few things I found poking around the net

use grub to force use of LBA

http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/Invoking-grub_002dinstall.html

are you using the drivers from HP for the controler
I dont know if this is what your looking for

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=15351&prodSeriesId=316525&swItem=MTX-UNITY-I25287&prodNameId=3288089&swEnvOID=1097&swLang=8&taskId=135&mode=4&idx=2

On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Dave Thacker <dthacker9 at cox.net> wrote:

> I lost an 80GB IDE disk in one of our webservers, and the only thing our
> LAN
> guy had to replace it was a 250GB IDE.  The DL320 (2nd Generation) will
> only
> see a bit over 130MB, but it let me install SLES.  After the install I had
> a
> grub GEOM error,  and first thing I'm supposed to do to correct it is
> enable
> LBA.  I dont see a setting in the BIOS or the Smart Start CD?   Any
> pointers?
>
> TIA
>
> Dave
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