Small Debian-based distro suitable for 586? Support for large hard drives without additional hardware?

[Joseph Jones <joe@bumpycarrot.cjb.net>]

Does such an animal exist? I'm thinking of setting an older box up as a 
fileserver, but I need to know whether there're any kernel patches or 
modules that allow the use of large HDDs (60GB) on older machines 
*without* additonal hardware.

Thanks :)

Joe