Just curious, whats the absolute hugest harddrive
that linux kernel can support providing the BIOS
hardware sees all the drive?
On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, Jeremy mewed:
> Sujeevan wrote:
> >
> > HELP ME PLEASE !!!
> >
> > my friend has a 14g HD (FUJITSU) and he is trying to install Mandrake 7
> > on his computer. we tried to boot the computer with 14G, but the
> > computer just hung. The HD has option to use only 2GB so that the old
> > computer can use the drive, but i want to set it up so that he could use
> > whole 14G. Please help me...
> >
> > Thanks in advance!!!
> >
> > Sujeevan R
> > Toronto, Ontario
> > Canada.
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> What, you don't want to use only 14% of the drive? Neither would I...
>
> Did it come with software (labelled as being for DOS) such as OnTrack?
> You do need this and you MAY be able to get it to work with linux.
>
> If your BIOS only supports a 2 gig drive you are SOL unless you have
> such a program. I've set up 2 antique computers over the years using
> larger than supported hard drives AND linux. And was successful at it
> too, although ripped my hair out at times. I might be able to give you
> some hints if you have such software. (Hope it's Ontrack, but I never
> owned a Fujitsu)
>
> It can be tricky, I'm warning you now.
>
> ~Jeremy
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