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

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Subject: Re: more ram and larger harddrive then the bios can take
From: Sarel Botha <sjb@dundee.lia.net>
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 12:10:44 +0200
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In-reply-to: <[🔎] 08b001be743e$58a11a60$010f10ac@hanish.icodeindia.soft.net>; from Hanish on Mon, Mar 22, 1999 at 02:01:12PM +0530
References: <[🔎] 08b001be743e$58a11a60$010f10ac@hanish.icodeindia.soft.net>

> >> 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?
> >

It might be possible to use a program like EZ-Drive to make the maximum possible
size the bios can accept larger. I haven't tested EZ-Drive with Linux yet, but I
can't see any reason why it wouldn't work. Check www.westerndigital.com for the
program (It doesn't only work on Western Digital hd's)

--
Sarel Botha

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