On Thursday 08 March 2001 21:59, Heather wrote: > 2) The BIOS may have trouble addressing larger disks, if it was made in an > era when all drives were smaller. Under Linux this usually isn't a > problem, as long as the kernel is within recognizable "low" disk space > for LILO. After we hit the kernel we leave the real BIOS behind > forever.
The LILO in woody has capabilities that LILO in Potato lacks in this regard. Also 2.4.x kernels have more capabilities than 2.2.x kernels for recognising larger hard drives. > It should. If you are unafraid of opening your machine, see if the drive > is a precise, tight fit, or has 1mm to spare. The drive itself will have a > model number on it. You should be able to hit the search engines with that > and determine if it is an 8.5mm or 9.5mm drive. I would be hesitant about inserting drives that are a tight fit. I've got one setup like that now, it gets excessively hot on occasions and if I lean on the corner of my Thinkpad where the drive resides then it makes a funny sound (not sure if it's the drive or a cooling fan - it's scarey anyway). -- http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/postal/ Postal SMTP/POP benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/projects.html Projects I am working on http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/ My home page
