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Re: more ram and larger harddrive then the bios can take



On Mon, Mar 22, 1999 at 10:07:58AM -0800, Jeff Katcher wrote:
> > Q2
> >   My bios manual say that it´s limit is 8,4 gb harddrive. But if i have
> > the root inside the 8,4 gb limit is it possible to have, lets say, a 15 gb
> > hardrive?
> 
> 
> A2
>   No
Yes. It's a pure BIOS limit, and as soon as Linux is booted, this limit
disappears. You are right in that your root (actually /boot suffices, you
could make it a separate partition) partition needs to be in the 8.4 GB
limit.


Nils

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