At 04:16 AM 7/12/02 -0700, you wrote:
So now I'm embarassed: Why did Linux fdisk not recognize it for what it was, the first time?
Did you have the latest version of fdisk? There is a large difference between the current one and the one which came with the Debian Potato 2.2 - or so was my experience.
For that matter, which is better in CMOS:
Auto (duh) LBA
There is something called LBA32 which is prevalent as of today I think. If your bios does not support it then LBA is next best, maybe?
Large (whatever *that* means) CHS (and lie about the geometry) ?