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Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 18:24:49 -0500 (EST)
From: "Jason J. Horton" <jason@intercom.com>
To: Kedar Rajadnya <kedar@asacomputers.com>
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Subject: Re: IBM disks.
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You have to use 2.2.8-RELEASE for the large drives.
In the release notes, they state something like
"Support for >8gig drives"

I would suggest installing 2.2.8-RELEASE, my favorite release so far,
either from floppy(if its a new system) or from source(if its an existing
system).

	-J

On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Kedar Rajadnya wrote:

> >What version are you using, what happens when you boot, etc.
> 
>         2.2.7.  The system will only recognize 2GB.
> 
> Thanks,
> Kedar.
> 


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