from Paul Dufresne:
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> I was testing an old laptop (Thinkpad I think, 2 cores, with a 60 GB hard
> disk).
> I wanted to install a Linux, but as the CPU was 32 bits, I had some
> difficulty finding a 32 bits OS.
> One of my USB keys, had FreeDOS beta on it... so I tried it.
> When installing, I saw (was scrolling fast)... that it was assigning letters
> to a lot (maybe A: to L:), to
> 2 GB hard drives it was detecting. I did not care that much, and tried to
> install on the 2 Gb first disk C:.
> And it installed fine... except not long after I found an other USB key with
> Debian 32 bits and installed it.
> I am pretty sure the laptop have only one 60 GB hard disk and not many 2 GB
> hard disk.
> I came to my mind that maybe the kernel or the installer... knows more than
> me that the BIOS is limited
> to 2 GB, and somehow it chop the disk in 2 GB sub-disks... maybe the BIOS
> itself could do it...
> Have you heard of such things before?
Why do you need to subdivide the 60 GB hard disk into 2 GB partitions?
You can make a partition, like maybe the first, with just under 8 GB and format
FAT32.
I assume the laptop with 60 GB hard disk was designed to be bootable from such
a hard disk and that the boot code would not have to be confined to the first 2
GB?
Tom
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