Re: 20GB on an old P75

2003-01-01 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sun, 2002-12-29 at 15:32, Frank Gevaerts wrote: > On Sun, Dec 29, 2002 at 08:29:09PM +0100, Mat wrote: > > Hi. > > I would install Linux on a 20GB HD, which will be installed on an old P75 system. > > While the BIOS cannot recognize more than 8GB, under Linux I can see all the 7 > > partitions

Re: 20GB on an old P75

2002-12-29 Thread Frank Gevaerts
On Sun, Dec 29, 2002 at 08:29:09PM +0100, Mat wrote: > Hi. > I would install Linux on a 20GB HD, which will be installed on an old P75 system. > While the BIOS cannot recognize more than 8GB, under Linux I can see all the 7 > partitions on it with fdisk, and can mount them. > How is it possible?Pe

Re: 20GB on an old P75

2002-12-29 Thread Greg Madden
On Sunday 29 December 2002 10:29 am, Mat wrote: > Hi. > I would install Linux on a 20GB HD, which will be installed on an old P75 > system. While the BIOS cannot recognize more than 8GB, under Linux I can > see all the 7 partitions on it with fdisk, and can mount them. > How is it possible?Perhaps

Re: 20GB on an old P75

2002-12-29 Thread Alan Chandler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 29 Dec 2002 7:29 pm, Mat wrote: > Hi. > I would install Linux on a 20GB HD, which will be installed on an old P75 > system. While the BIOS cannot recognize more than 8GB, under Linux I can > see all the 7 partitions on it with fdisk, and can

20GB on an old P75

2002-12-29 Thread Mat
Hi. I would install Linux on a 20GB HD, which will be installed on an old P75 system. While the BIOS cannot recognize more than 8GB, under Linux I can see all the 7 partitions on it with fdisk, and can mount them. How is it possible?Perhaps the kernel bypasses BIOS? Do you think I will see all the