3rd BIG IDE drive in LINUX 1.2.11

[jas at enterprise.uml.edu (Jim Sherwood)]

I have just added a third IDE drive to my system.  OS/2 Warp Connect
sees and uses it just fine.  LINUX recognizes the drive hdc upon
bootup (the third drive is a 1.6GB Western Digital).  However,
LINUX "fdisk /dev/hdc" does not see it.  I have placed a fat
partition on the drive, but LINUX complains that the kernel does
not support it.  The first drive on the system is a Micropolis 1GB and the
second drive is a WD 1.2 GB.  So I am not new to using BIG drives with
LINUX.  So what's the trouble?  Do I need to build a new kernel with
this drive active?  I am using a DTC 2278 VLB EIDE card.  I am
running LINUX 1.2.11 with IP_masq patch.
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James A. Sherwood                                          Associate Professor
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering                                      Ball 225A
Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell                               Phone 508-934-3313
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Lowell, MA 01854                                        jas at enterprise.uml.edu
                                                   (secondary FAX 508-934-3048)
           http://enterprise.uml.edu/people/sherwood/sherwood.html
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