On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 12:14 PM, paragasu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i have an old motherboard. Pentium R acer motherboard. > during my days working with windows. the bios can only detect 2GB of > diskspace > regardless of disk size (eg: 20GB) i attach to the motherboard. > It this limit also true in debian?
Linux does not use the BIOS to access the disks, so it can use the full capacity of the disk. However, it might be necessary for the boot partition to be in the first 2GB of the disk. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
