Re: Woody on 486 problem

[Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com>]

On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:52:24 -0600
John Hasler <jhasler@debian.org> wrote:

> Arnt Karlsen writes:
> > ..write new bios code for old 386 irons to use todays new big ass
> > disks is trivial to you?
> 
> Linux doesn't use the BIOS.  You just need something the BIOS
> supports for a boot disk.  Once the kernel is up it will handle your
> large disk fine.

Does that mean that I can put /boot on a CD, boot from it and have the
root on a HDD bigger then 32 GB? My BIOS does not recognize HDDs bigger
then 32 GB unless I set the jumpers on the 'clip' setting, but it can
boot from CD.

Regards,
Andrei
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