Re: more ram and larger harddrive then the bios can take
The Memory RAM problem may not be solvable by software as this seems to be
associated with Hardware on the MotherBoard.
But the Harddisk problem is a BIOS problem , I think it as to do with LBA
limits. If we have a software which directly talks to the HardDisk
controller, then It should be able to curcumvent this problem. However the
boot partition will most probably have to be in the 8.4GB limit as it is the
BIOS that load the initial part of the OS.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Katcher <Jeff_Katcher@canamera.com>
To: Per-Olof Widstrom <pow@big.du.se>
Cc: Debian List <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Date: Monday, March 22, 1999 11:35 PM
Subject: Re: more ram and larger harddrive then the bios can take
>
>
>Per-Olof Widstrom wrote:
>>
>> I have seen that people get the advise to add a line in lilo.conf that
>> tells how much RAM the system have, if they have more then 64 mb, and
that
>> it is possible to have a larger harddirve then the BIOS can handle. I
just
>> would like to ask two simple questons about this:
>>
>> Q1
>> I have a motherboard with a bios that take 128 ram, no more, that is
>> what the manual says, can I have 256 mb if I add memory=256 in lilo.conf.
>
>A1
> No
>
>>
>> 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
>
>Disclaimer:
> I am guessing at these, so take what I say with a Grain of salt.
>
>I would say that both of these are Hardware Limitations, not software or
>driver limitations. Physical as opposed to Logical problems and thus
>not correctable by software.
>
>Jeff
>
>
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