On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 12:25 AM, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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] > > thanks for the info Eduardo..