On Sun, 2002-12-29 at 15:32, Frank Gevaerts wrote: > On Sun, Dec 29, 2002 at 08:29:09PM +0100, 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? > > Yes. > > > 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") > > It should work. If you don't have much linux experience however (or if > you do have experience), make very sure you have backups. You should not > need them, but... > > One possible problem is mentioned in another reply : to boot, you will > need to have a boot partition somewhere in the beginning of the disk, or > boot from floppy.
As long as you use a recent veersion of lilo or grub, you should not have a problem, but if you want to be careful, keep all boot partitions contained within the first 1024 cylinders of the disk. -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://members.cox.net/ron.l.johnson | | | | "Basically, I got on the plane with a bomb. Basically, I | | tried to ignite it. Basically, yeah, I intended to damage | | the plane." | | RICHARD REID, who tried to blow up American Airlines | | Flight 63 | +------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
