Thanks!!! It sounds very good to me, i understand you perfectly, now, can you think of any reason why in the BIOS i can see the 40Gb disk and when i'm going to create the partitions, on linux, it only reads 8Gb?
Jenner ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 10:24 AM Subject: Re: Problem with disk space > Nope, > It just means that when using LBA (provided your BIOS ain't antique!), you will be able to address above the 8GB point. Booting from BEYOND 8GB might (or will) be a problem. > To summarize: partition your disk at will, but make sure you've got a small (< 20MB) Ext2fs partition with mointpoint "/boot" BEFORE the 8GB point. Your root, usr, dev and whatever partitions you want to have can be beyond the 8GB. > > Jenner Almánzar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > But, should i ignore that it only reads 8Gb instead of 40Gb? > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 9:52 AM > > Subject: Re: Problem with disk space > > > > > > > Choose LBA! > > > Make sure that your /boot mountpoint is somewhere BEFORE the 8GB point!! > > > > > > Jenner Almánzar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi Everybody!!! > > > > > > > > I'm still having problem with the my new computer's disk installing > > linux, it only recognize 8Gb from 40Gb disk. I try enabling large disk > > through the BIOS? > > > > > > > > In the BIOS i got these options: > > > > - CHS > > > > - LBA > > > > - Normal > > > > - Auto > > > > > > > > Which of these three should i use? > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Jenner > > > > > > > > Internet & Telecomunicaciones > > > > Calle Padre Emiliano Tardif No.36, Evaristo Morales > > > > Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic > > > > Office (809) 541 5652 > > > > Cell Phone (809) 222 5053 > > > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > __________________________________________________________________ > > > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at > > http://webmail.netscape.com/ > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
