On Wed, 6 May 1998, Fred Whipple wrote:
> I have an old Digital 486DX33 low profile box that I'd like to use Linux
> with... the problem is it has a standard IDE disk controler on-board.
> It can't see all of a larger EIDE disk, and I need at least 2GB to use.
> I assume the 500MB limitation is in the old IDE controler and adding a
Actually, while DOS has the 500mb limitation, Linux doesn't. You may need
to use some bootprompt arguments to get Linux to see all of the drive if
the drive is bigger than 2gb (see the Bootprompt Howto), but even with old
hardware like that Linux has no problem.
Exception: The boot partition needs to be entirely below the 500mb limit
(since the BIOS is used to boot). I always solve this by making a 5mb
/boot partition as first thing on the hard drive. Voila!
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