On 20.02.07 23:40, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:52:24 -0600 > John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Arnt Karlsen writes: > > > ..write new bios code for old 386 irons to use todays new big ass > > > disks is trivial to you? > > > > Linux doesn't use the BIOS. You just need something the BIOS > > supports for a boot disk. Once the kernel is up it will handle your > > large disk fine. > > Does that mean that I can put /boot on a CD, boot from it and have the > root on a HDD bigger then 32 GB?
Yes. But in some cases (of motherboards) you'll have to turn off that disk in the BIOS setup. > My BIOS does not recognize HDDs bigger then 32 GB unless I set the jumpers > on the 'clip' setting, but it can boot from CD. 2.4 kernels had CONFIG_IDEDISK_STROKE optikon for geometry resizing of big disks. It seems that 2.6 kernel does that automatically (or at least, using option hdx=stroke). You could even try to boot from the disk and have /boot there, just make BIOS think it's smaller disk than it is... However I don't think you should have root partition bigger than 32GB - my root partitions are usually smaller - I use /var, /home (ext3) and /tmp (tmpfs) on extra filesystems. -- Matus UHLAR - fantomas, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address. Varovanie: na tuto adresu chcem NEDOSTAVAT akukolvek reklamnu postu. We are but packets in the Internet of life (userfriendly.org) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
