Hi, Richard: I used the manufacturer's (Maxtor) partitioning software MaxBlast. It auto-magically created four (4) 2.1 gigabyte partitions for [MS,PC]DOS and left the rest unpartitioned. It asked for a DOS system disk and I gave it one. DOS then recognized the four (4) partitions.
I then booted with Slackware v8.0 bootdisk and rootdisk and did a nfs install from a server on my LAN. Linux recognized the four (4) DOS partitions and the rest 32 gigabyte of drivespace. I used linux fdisk and removed partitions 2, 3, & 4 and created one 38 gigabyte /dev/hda3, one swap partition /dev/hda2, and edited /hdev/hda1 to be type 83. Probably, /dev/hda1 must be no larger than 2.1 gigabytes so that MaxBlast and system BIOS are happy when booting. HTH, Chuck Richard Dawson wrote: > > Cuck Gelm's response re using a Linux boxe as an internet server/router/firewall > mentioned that he used and 80486dx33 with 32 Meg of RAM, and a new 40 Gig hard > disk. > > My question: how does one get an old machine running Linux, a machine whose > BIOS presumably is limited to much less that 40 Gig, to recognize a 40 Gig hard > drive? > > Chuck Gelm wrote: > > > Hi, Le, Paul: > > > > I used an old 80586-120 cyrix system to share my dialup ISP service > > with several workstations, linux, WFW3.11, Win95, Win98. It > > also functioned as a firewall. I used applications that came > > with my distribution (pppsetup) and set it up like the HowTo > > IP-Masquerade. (And quite a bit of help here in this list ;-) > > > > I now have an aDSL ISP account and use 'Roaring Penguin'. > > It is also capable of being a firewall. > > OBTW, the 'new' internet connection sharing - firewall - router > > is an old 80486dx33, 32 Meg of RAM, and a new 40 Gig hard disk. > > The computer was USD$5 and had a 3c509 in it. I added another > > 3c509 ($2) and the hard drive ($60) and a keyboard ($4), so > > I only have $71 invested in it! > > :-) > > HTH, Chuck > > > > I used and use now ipchains. > > > > "Le, Paul [Contractor]" wrote: > > > > > > I am sorry kind of jump in the middle here. I am looking for a software so > > > more than one computers in my LAN can share a same internet connection. Is > > > Squid doing this??? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
