Koyote <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm rebuilding a 486/33 to be our internet server (when I get that > far...) > > The cmos setup isn't handling the hdd (1 gig), nor the cdrom- I've > heard that Linux bypasses the system setup, or it can use devices in > spite of it. How much of this is true?
I have a 486 with a 2.1Gig HD. Dos refused to install on it, saying that the BIOS can't handle it. Linux installed and works w/o a problem. The drive is LBA. HTH -- Arcady Genkin -- ... without money one gets nothing in this world, not even a certificate of eternal blessedness in the other world... (S. Kierkegaard)