Quoting Anthony Landreneau ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Greetings, > I know I've seen this addressed before, but for the life of me I can't > seems to find it, so I will ask the group. I have several machine, now > running DOS 6.2. The system BIOS doesn't support large drives, 540MB is the > max. I have several 630-1000MB drives and wish to use them on these > machines then boot the machines up with LINUX. > What do I set the BIOS to in order to correctly partition the drives > with > Linux? Thanks in advance.
My experience is: do nothing to the BIOS. Just make sure that your kernel is within the first 540MB/1023 cylinders. This can be achieved by having / not too big, or a separate partition for /boot, or, if you need to leave a small DOS partition, using loadlin from that (i.e. copying the kernel into C: somewhere). Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
