> -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Burns [mailto:sburns@xxxxxxxxxxx] > > > Is there a listing for "Normal", "Large" or "LBA" - you need LBA YES, both disks have LBA support, and indicate a Block Mode of 16, PIO Mode of Mode 4 and Ultra DMA Mode of Mode 5 - whatever those mean. > Grub believes the BIOS. If the BIOS is a bit confused, so is GRUB. I don't think the BIOS is confused - I think this information is just not stored there. There is a statement in the BIOS screen that details the Drives: "The actual performance of the Drive is Dependant upon the Operating System and IDE Drivers." At the same time ananconda appears to have found both driver. Is there anywhere in the various configuration and log files that what it found might be listed? > >So as a newbie I am wondering where to turn next ... Do I need to > >attempt to find a way to re-install GRUB which appears to > > NOT understand my machine? >Are there other options? Is the GRUB setup command the way to go? > > > > > A long shot, but can you include your grub.conf? This is a retyped copy of grub.conf - since I am only able to get at it via 'linux rescue' and I am working from an XP machine, to be able to handle email. # # Number of Comment lines # Default=0 Timeout=10 Splashimage=(hd,1,1) title Fedora Core (2.4.22-1.2115.nptlsmp) root (hd1,1) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2115.nptlsmp ro root=LABEL=/ hdd=ide-scsi rhgb initrd /initrd-2.4.22-1.2115.nptlsmp.img title Fedora Core-Up (2.4.22-1.2115.nptl) root (hd1,1) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl ro root=LABEL=/ hdd=ide-scsi rhgb initrd /initrd-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl.img title DOS rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloader +1 > > I had a quick google and found references to problems with > over 137GB disks. If so, the grub places might be a better place to ask for > help. > > If the above does not help I will spend sometime there tomorrow ... Any suggestions about GRUB places? Thank you for taking time with this... Bill
