On Thu, 19 Mar 1998, Beth Gemeny wrote:
> Building yet another Linux server from a recycled 486. I am
> using a Maxtor IDE 4.3GB hard drive that uses an over-lay
> software from Microhouse to enable this old, unupgradable BIOS
> to read more than 528MB-hard drive.
>
> This software inserts its own bios to enable the drive.
>
> Questions for this list:
>
> Is there any reason I shouldn't need this software for a RHL5.0 install?
Provided you put the kernel and lilo below cylinger 1024 you will be
fine (the best way to guarantee that is to create a 50MB root
partition in that area and have separate /usr /var and /home
partitions).
Linux will happily cope with the large disk - just that the BIOS can't
boot beyond cylinder 1023.
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