On Sun, 13 May 2007 17:15:18 UTC in comp.os.os2.setup.storage, jp
wrote:

> I just got a new Hitachi 300GB PATA drive an attached to my system but
> when trying to configure it with LVM it appears as a 30GB disk.
>
> Are there limits in older versions of LVM, OS2DASD or DANIS506 which
> cannot see beyond certain sizes?
>
> Is there any program which can identify the capacity of this disk
> correctly? Or could it be a limitation of the BIOS?

Check the jumpers on the disk - sometimes there are positions that restrict
drives to 32GB.

--
Trevor Hemsley, Brighton, UK
Trevor dot Hemsley at ntlworld dot com

Trevor Hemsley wrote:
> On Sun, 13 May 2007 17:15:18 UTC in comp.os.os2.setup.storage, jp
> wrote:
>
>> I just got a new Hitachi 300GB PATA drive an attached to my system but
>> when trying to configure it with LVM it appears as a 30GB disk.
>>
>> Are there limits in older versions of LVM, OS2DASD or DANIS506 which
>> cannot see beyond certain sizes?
>>
>> Is there any program which can identify the capacity of this disk
>> correctly? Or could it be a limitation of the BIOS?
>
> Check the jumpers on the disk - sometimes there are positions that restrict
> drives to 32GB.
>
Thanks for that - makes a big difference!