i wouldnt reccomend it. the drive layout would be slightly different i beleive, and it would be risky to try it. if given that choice i wouldn't use it before the flash or, if i did not store any important data on it.
nate On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, Paul J. Keenan wrote: paul >Hi, paul > paul >I've made do with a 1.2Gb HD, housing 500Mb of Win95 (boo, hiss!) and paul >700Mb of debian + swap for a few years now, and recently it's been a paul >whole load of no fun juggling everything. paul > paul >So I've bought a new hard disk (Maxtor DiamondMax VL20 10.2Gb UDMA66), paul >but have discovered that my Award BIOS will only address a maximum of paul >8.4Mb. paul > paul >I'm looking for a replacement BIOS and will buy & fit it ASAP. But I paul >am worried that if I divide up & start using the hard disk now that I paul >may not be able to address the whole drive without reformatting it when paul >I get the BIOS upgrade. paul > paul >This (possibly irrational) fear stems from a lack of knowledge of disk paul >/ BIOS interaction and an acquaintenceship with Sod's Law. paul > paul >Can someone tell if it's safe to dive in right now and I can get the paul >extra 1.8Gb at a later date when the new BIOS arrives without losing paul >my data ? paul > paul >-- paul >Regards, paul >Paul paul > paul > paul >-- paul >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null paul > ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 9:39pm up 145 days, 9:39, 2 users, load average: 0.56, 0.44, 0.38
