On Sunday 29 December 2002 10:29 am, Mat wrote: > Hi. > I would install Linux on a 20GB HD, which will be installed on an old P75 > system. While the BIOS cannot recognize more than 8GB, under Linux I can > see all the 7 partitions on it with fdisk, and can mount them. > How is it possible?Perhaps the kernel bypasses BIOS? > Do you think I will see all the 20GB space, if I install Linux on it, or > will I have a lot of problems? (it is a full windows system with a lot of > data and I don't want to "try") > > Thanx > Mat
You are fortunate that the bios 'sees' the 20gb drive. Some box's the bios doesn't see it at all which makes 'booting' from a larger disk impossible. GNU/Linux, one booted, can see all of most disks. You can boot from a smaller disk and use the larger one as a slave if needed. -- Greg Madden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
