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XK0-001 · Question #236
A user replaces an old 4 GB IDE drive with a new 30 GB IDE drive. During the installation process, Linux recognizes only 8 GB of the available disk space. Which of the following is most likely the…
The correct answer is A. The BIOS does not support larger hard drives. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
A user replaces an old 4 GB IDE drive with a new 30 GB IDE drive. During the installation process, Linux recognizes only 8 GB of the available disk space. Which of the following is most likely the problem?
Options
- AThe BIOS does not support larger hard drives.
- BThe hard disk controller has no LBA capability.
- CThe value of the hard disk size in the CMOS is set incorrectly.
- DThe hard disk has to be low-level formatted to access the full capacity.
How the community answered
(46 responses)- A72% (33)
- B4% (2)
- C7% (3)
- D17% (8)
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