On Mon, 25 Dec 2000, Donald Munson wrote:
>I have an older Pentium 90 that will not fully see a 2.1 GB HD. I have
>formatted the HD cleanly and the BIOS will only see the first 504 MB. I
>have read in the archives that it is not recommended to install Linux using
>a HD overlay. Is it possible to install 7.2 and then reformat the remaining
>portions of the HD to get the full benefit of the 2.1 GB?
As Bob suggested, there might be a way to upgrade the BIOS by flashing.
Usually though, older BIOS's don't support that fancy stuff.
An alternative might be to go for a newer Bios, these cost me $20 a while
ago. Much better than a new mainboard.
Paul
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