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  From: Darryl Ross <darryl@bachblue.com.au>
  To  : Alan Kennington" <akenning@dog.topology.org>, "LinuxSA <akenning@dog.topology.org>
  Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 22:45:36 +1030

Re: Big disk drive + small PC + linux

----- Original Message -----
From: Alan Kennington <akenning@dog.topology.org>
To: LinuxSA <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
Cc: Alan Kennington <akenning@dog.topology.org>
Sent: Thursday, 11 March 1999 10:30
Subject: Big disk drive + small PC + linux


>Linux disk drive software experts,
>
>I'd like to add a 10 GB disk to my Digital Venturis 466
>computer with AMD 486DX-66 CPU etc.
>
>I remember seeing somewhere that such old computers are not
>able to address such a big disk, either (a) just at boot time
>from the BIOS, or (b) at any time.
>The OS is redhat 5.2 linux.
>The disk will use the second IDE port. Apparently the secondary master
>(/dev/hdb).

AFAIK, If the BIOS has an option for LBA mode, then the bios should
recognise it, and as long as LILO is loaded below cylinder 512 (I think)
then Linux shouldn't have a problem. If its the second disk, then you
shouldn't have that problem.

Hope that helps.

Dazz


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