Largedisk-HOWTO clarifcation

2001-12-28 Thread Graham/Aniartia
The Largedisk-HOWTO is a little unclear about this, but I take it that Linux couldn't give a monkys about the disk size specifed in the BIOS and will address the full size of the disk (as long as it's below 127Gb). Is that right? Ani

Re: Largedisk-HOWTO clarifcation

2001-12-28 Thread P Prince
Ani, The Largedisk-HOWTO is a little unclear about this, but I take it that Linux couldn't give a monkys about the disk size specifed in the BIOS and will address the full size of the disk (as long as it's below 127Gb). Is that right? This is true, however, the big implication of BIOS

Re: Largedisk-HOWTO clarifcation

2001-12-28 Thread root/postmaster: genasis.freeserve.co.uk
On Saturday 29 December 2001 12:33 am, P Prince wrote: This is true, however, the big implication of BIOS limitations for Linux is the fact that while the Linux kernel does not address the disk space via the BIOS, your boot loader (LILO) does. The boot loader must load the kernel from your

Re: Largedisk-HOWTO clarifcation

2001-12-28 Thread P Prince
Ani, Ah okay, then now I get what was said in the HOW-TO. Maybe I should have read the whole way through but shouldn't the bit about 1024 cycinder limmit be self explantory? Forgive me, but.. huh? Ani Yours, -Tech