Hi there, I have been trying to load my old pc with Linux (PC-400 with 256mb ram and 10gig drive). The PC has a 10 gig drive in it, recognized by the Bios and windows ME but Linux only allows me to create partitions in the first 2 gigs. I have tried Coral lunix and Caldera. The only way I can get Linux to see the whole drive is by formating it using fat32 from the windows CD. The moment I delete that partition, Linux is back to 2.0 gig. What am I doing wrong.. thank you in advance...

How do you mean "back to 2 gig" .. Which partition tool are you using? .. Some versions of linux installs might offer default values or minimum that can be changed to suit users needs. I'm just guessing as to what you could be seeing on screen, so its hard to make suggestions for a solution. Linux should be able to see unformatted drive and work from there. Or maybe its restricting you because it needs the boot to be under 1024 cylinders. You might prefer detailing a bit more of the install process youre stuck at here. Detail is good .. :)

Thank you for your quick response I just finished downloading Linux Mandrake 8.2 and I am using the tool provided with the OS (during the installation). When I look at the drive setting under Linux, it shows it to have 4096 cylinders (2.0gig) even though the drive is 19390 cylinders (10 gig)under the bios and win98. I tried to change the drive type to "Large,Normal and LBA" with not luck. The only way I can see the whole drive is by creating the partitions using Fdisk (win98). What are you thoughts on this... we isn't Linux picking up the correct number of cylinders on the drive...is there a way to change the drive setting manually under linux? thank you in advance