Newsgroup: it.comp.os.win.nt
Titolo: IBM 13 Gb e sistema multi SO

Ho acquistato un IBM 13 giga 7200 giri.
Vorrei montarci 98 NT W2000 e Linux (questi ultimi 3 non li conosco
proprio)
Ho partizionato il disco nel seguente modo:
C: 30 mb - D E F G H Idi 2 Gb circa.Tutte le partizioni sono FAT16.
Ho utilizzato fdisk (di W98 non attivando il supporto per dischi di alte
dimensioni) per creare una partizione primaria attiva (C:) e una estesa,
suddivisa in unità logiche di 2040 Mb (tranne l'ultima più piccola).
Per W98 nessun problema: i file di boot su C e il resto nella cartella
D:\WINDOWS. Per NT 4 l'intallazione si blocca per il mancato
riconoscimento del disco o/e della loro partizione:
n°1) NT riconosce che il disco ha più di 1024 cilindri e mi avverte che
se il disco ha più di 1024 cilindri o la "modalità di mappatura
corrispondente" non è attivata una porzione del disco risulta
inaccessibile o DOS. Mi invita pertanto o ad usare supporti per il disco
o verificare le impostazioni cmos che sono le seguenti: SIZE 13572 -
CYLS 1650 - HEAD 255 PRECOMP 0 - LANDZ 26309 - SECTOR 63 - MODE LBA.
Infatti satti proseguendo l'installazione NT vede un disco di 8Gb  con
partizioni danneggiate o non formattate ed uno spazio di circa 4Gb non
partizionato. A questo punto si blocca non riuscendo nemmeno a
riformattare l'unità di destinazione (G nel mio caso).
Qualcuno può aiutarmi ? Ho seguito le FAQ italiane ma evidentemente il
problema riguarda la formattazione e il riconoscimento del disco ma non
ho trovato nulla in proposito.
Thanks
Alberto: 
non...@tin.it

Leggi e prova
Q. How do I install on a disk larger than 8GB?
A. The Microsoft supplied generic IDE driver (Atapi.sys) may not be fully
compatible with drives larger that 8 GB. This issue only affects IDE-based
drives 8 GB and larger however Service Pack 4 includes an updated ATAPI.SYS
allowing access to disks greater than 8GB.
Windows 2000 will support (bootable) partitions larger than 8GB provided the
booting controllers BIOS supports EXT INT-13 BIOS calls.
The system board BIOS must support and recognize drives larger than 8 GB
before Windows NT can access the entire drive. You can verify this ability
by entering into the BIOS or contacting your system board manufacturer. To
use the SP4 ATAPI.EXE under NT 4.0 perform the following:
Download the updated Atapi.sys from Microsoft's FTP server,
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-unsup-ed/fixes/nt40/atapi/ATAPI.E
XE and copy the file to a blank floppy disk.
Run Atapi.exe on the diskette and the new Atapi.sys file will be extracted
to the diskette. Label the disk "ATAPI Service Pack 4 IDE Driver." or
something along those lines
Boot from the three setup disks supplied with Windows NT Server as per
normal.
When asked if you would like setup to detect your mass storage devices,
press S so that detection is skipped and you specify a mass storage device.
When setup list devices found, which should list none, press S again and
insert the Microsoft ATAPI Service Pack 4 IDE Driver disk and press ENTER
twice. After setup reads the disk and list the Microsoft ATAPI Service Pack
4 IDE driver, press ENTER to accept the driver.
Setup will now list Microsoft ATAPI Service Pack 4 IDE Driver as an
installed driver. If you have additional drivers for other mass storage
devices, press S, if not, press ENTER to continue through setup.
Setup should continue as per normal but it may prompt you to insert the disk
labeled "Microsoft ATAPI Service Pack 4 IDE Driver Support Disk" at the copy
phase after you have chosen or formatted a partition on a hard drive.
If you are using Microsoft Small Business Server 4.0 or 4.0a, follow these
instructions:
Download the updated ATAPI.SYS from Microsoft's FTP server
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-unsup-ed/fixes/nt40/atapi/ATAPI.E
XE and copy the file to a blank floppy disk.
Run Atapi.exe on the disk and the new Atapi.sys file will be extracted to
the disk. Label the diskette "ATAPI Service Pack 4 IDE Driver."
Copy an updated file to Small Business Server (SBS) disk 2. To do this,
rename the file Winnt.sif to Winnt.bak on disk 2. Then copy the Winnt.sif
from the I386 folder on SBS CD 1 to SBS disk 2.
Boot from the modified SBS setup disks.
When the computer is booting off of disk 1 and the message "Setup is
inspecting your hardware configuration..." is displayed, press F6 on the
keyboard. NOTE: This is at a black screen and no visible indicators occur
when you press F6.
When prompted, insert the modified disk 2 into the computer. The next screen
that appears will prompt you to specify a mass storage drivers. To do that,
press the S key and then arrow down to the listing of OTHER.
Insert the Microsoft ATAPI Service Pack 4 IDE Driver disk and press ENTER
twice.
After setup reads the disk and list the Microsoft ATAPI Service Pack 4 IDE
driver, press ENTER to accept the driver.
Setup will now list "Microsoft ATAPI Service Pack 4 IDE Driver" as a
installed driver. If you have any more drivers for other mass storage
devices, press S; if not, press ENTER to continue through setup. NOTE:
Because we are using a modified version of Winnt.sif, you will be prompted
to insert disks 2 and 3 several times.
Make sure you format or convert the partition to NTFS as SBS requires it.
Setup should continue through normally but it will prompt you to insert the
disk labeled "Microsoft ATAPI Service Pack 4 IDE Driver Support Disk" at the
copy phase after you have chosen or formatted a partition on a hard drive.
Running ATAPI.EXE creates the files below:
atapi.sys
Disk1
oemsetup.inf
readme.txt
txtsetup.oem
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 Q. How do I install on a disk larger than 8GB?
Non e'detto che sempre funzioni, spesso ma non sempre, dipende comunque
dalla geometria del disco e dal bios della macchina. Cmq ufficialmente e'
meglio tenere la system partition entro i 7,8 Gb.
Bye
Gianluca Zanelotto
Ducati ST2 "Red Devil"