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  From: Rick Marshall <rjm@herzfeld.com.au>
  To  : Alan Kennington <akenning@dog.topology.org>
  Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 08:04:31 +1100

Re: Big disk drive + small PC + linux

Can't speak for Linux because I haven't tried it, but in the old days SCO,
Interactive, and Solaris could boot any size disk irrespective of the
BIOS. This is because Unix and (I presume) Linux store the disk config in
the boot sector. All you should need is any BIOS def to get going. We used
to use type 1 and let Unix take over from there.

If Linux can't do this it should.

Rick

Alan Kennington wrote:

> 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).
>
> Cheers,
> Alan Kennington.
>
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