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Re: installation to >137GB disk



on Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 02:47:54AM +0000, ziv minot (ziv_minot@hotmail.com) wrote:
> I want to do a fresh install of Debian to a 200GB IDE disk (reiserfs, if it 
> matters).  Only 137GB are
> recognized with my stock 3.0r1 CDs.  Looking in the archives I see the 
> suggestion to install to a different disk then upgrade the kernel and then 
> format the big disk.  This is not practical for me.  Is there some way to 
> burn an installation CD that uses a newer kernel so that I can install 
> directly to my 200GB disk?  While I'm asking, what is the best way to get 
> the update to r2 by CD?  I have access to a computer with a fast Internet 
> connection at school and can burn CDs from it.  However the computer I am 
> installing Debian on is not connected to the Internet.

In addition to prior responses -- see the Large Disk HOWTO:

    http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Large-Disk-HOWTO.html

Peace.

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