Hi, I've made do with a 1.2Gb HD, housing 500Mb of Win95 (boo, hiss!) and 700Mb of debian + swap for a few years now, and recently it's been a whole load of no fun juggling everything.
So I've bought a new hard disk (Maxtor DiamondMax VL20 10.2Gb UDMA66), but have discovered that my Award BIOS will only address a maximum of 8.4Mb. I'm looking for a replacement BIOS and will buy & fit it ASAP. But I am worried that if I divide up & start using the hard disk now that I may not be able to address the whole drive without reformatting it when I get the BIOS upgrade. This (possibly irrational) fear stems from a lack of knowledge of disk / BIOS interaction and an acquaintenceship with Sod's Law. Can someone tell if it's safe to dive in right now and I can get the extra 1.8Gb at a later date when the new BIOS arrives without losing my data ? -- Regards, Paul
