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Re: 20GB on an old P75



On Sunday 29 December 2002 10:29 am, Mat wrote:
> Hi.
> I would install Linux on a 20GB HD, which will be installed on an old P75
> system. While the BIOS cannot recognize more than 8GB, under Linux I can
> see all the 7 partitions on it with fdisk, and can mount them.
> How is it possible?Perhaps the kernel bypasses BIOS?
> Do you think I will see all the 20GB space, if I install Linux on it, or
> will I have a lot of problems? (it is a full windows system with a lot of
> data and I don't want to "try")
>
> Thanx
> Mat

You are fortunate that the bios 'sees' the 20gb drive. Some box's  the bios 
doesn't see it at all which makes 'booting' from a larger disk impossible. 
GNU/Linux, one booted, can see all of most disks. You can boot from a smaller 
disk  and use the larger one as a slave if needed.
-- 
Greg Madden



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