Large HDD partition config, Xecuter2 4983.67 on 128MB board

[spicemuseum]

I have a v1.4 with 128MB RAM and X2 4938.67 flashed into the TSOP.

I have installed a 500GB HDD into it.

I asked HeXEn to:
- split F and G equally, ~230 gig on each
and when that gave an odd outcome (see below)
- put it all, ~450 gig, on F
which also gave the same odd outcome.

Odd outcome: running HeXEn to do the hard work rebuilding me a new PAL HDD from scratch, on completion it reported the partitions correctly in its dashboard when I did each of the above. But after rebooting the box to XBMC, that reported 120gig on F and nothing on G each time. I'm therefore sure that this is likely related to the X2 BIOS (used because it's a 128MB board).

Relevant Q's I'd appreciate an answer to from you knowledgable people:
- What partition arrangement will work and allow me access to the entire HDD*?
- Should I use a different tool than the XBPartitioner incl. on HeXEn to get a better outcome?
- Is there an alternative BIOS which will provide me with 128MB RAM support but give me the right LBA48 support it looks like I may need?
- Are there other Q's I should have asked instead? ...if so can you also tell me the answers whilst you're at it

(*BTW, I'm wondering whether I will get the answer that only up to 137GB can be put onto F and the rest must go on G, and whether this might be why XBMC is reporting 120 gig on F. And therefore I should ask XBP to configure the partitions according to that. But let's see...)

[blighty]

if i recall corectly you need to setup partitions with xbpartitioner 1.0 and format with 1.1

[Heimdall]

X2.4983 is an odd BIOS, in that you can't edit it. From memory, it also has some oddities when reading on-disk partition tables (and I suspect that your footnote is correct.. ), but, to be honest, it's so long since I looked at it that I'd only be guessing.

Your best bet is to wait for someone with a 128MB board and a large hard drive to explain how they formatted the drive.

In the meantime, try 137GB F and the rest in G - I'm fairly certain that should work, and you have nothing to lose.

[spicemuseum]

X2.4983 is an odd BIOS, in that you can't edit it. From memory, it also has some oddities when reading on-disk partition tables (and I suspect that your footnote is correct.. ), but, to be honest, it's so long since I looked at it that I'd only be guessing.

Your best bet is to wait for someone with a 128MB board and a large hard drive to explain how they formatted the drive.

In the meantime, try 137GB F and the rest in G - I'm fairly certain that should work, and you have nothing to lose.

It doesn't , XBP complains about LBA48 support, let's you try it anyway, and afterwards back in XBMC (or indeed HeXEn) it's back to ~123gig on F and 0 (zero) / unavailable for G.
Any recommendations for an alternative BIOS for this use case?

**EDIT**
So I decided to change BIOS to X2.4981.67.

After a bit of mucking about with XBP (deliberately asking it to share F and G equally, then afterwards asking it to put 120 on F and the rest on G, ...and it complaining about LBA48 at each opportunity) it's working! I've got a large G drive.