Hi
Some months ago I had a same problem
Just update the bios of a computer Motherbord
WBR attacker
- Original Message -
From: "Oliver L. Plaine Jr." [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2000 1:58 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Large Disk (14G) on a P166
On Fri, 17 Mar 2000 23:09:43 -0600, you wrote:
ujeevan 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.
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Sat, 18 Mar 2000 04:30:54
I assume you are using W95a on a first generation Pentium here( as you
gave very little info) if this is true you can use your drive...
I just went through this with a 13 Gig WD new hard drive...the only
thing that is limited to 2gig is the fat 16 file system that W95a must
use.I did not want to update to a newer ms windows system, or use
that overlay program that always makes trouble and I did not want to
upgrade flash my Bios in this old p-166
I installed windows 95a as usual and partitioned the rest of the drive
for Linuxit works really well as linux does not use bios calls to
access the disc like w95a does.
the only thing you must do is to put your boot partition below the
1024 cylinder limit so LILO can boot the kernelif you use one 2gig
fat 16 partition for windows and start your linux from there you will
have no problem with that
my W95 works just as it did on my old two gig drive, but now I have a
full MDK 6.1 helios system with more room than I will ever need...
dual booting with LILO in the MBR...It works great and I have the
whole 13gigs with no problem.
if you need the gritty details, post back and I will be happy to help
you.
Olly P
Biloxi Mississippi
