Re: Largedisk-HOWTO clarifcation

2001-12-28 Thread P Prince
Ani, > Ah okay, then now I get what was said in the HOW-TO. Maybe I should have read > the whole way through but shouldn't the bit about 1024 cycinder limmit be > self explantory? Forgive me, but.. "huh?" > Ani Yours, -Tech

Re: Largedisk-HOWTO clarifcation

2001-12-28 Thread root/postmaster: genasis.freeserve.co.uk
On Saturday 29 December 2001 12:33 am, P Prince wrote: > This is true, however, the big implication of BIOS limitations for Linux is > the fact that while the Linux kernel does not address the disk space via > the BIOS, your boot loader (LILO) does. The boot loader must load the > kernel from your

Re: Largedisk-HOWTO clarifcation

2001-12-28 Thread P Prince
Ani, > The Largedisk-HOWTO is a little unclear about this, but I take it that Linux > couldn't give a monkys about the disk size specifed in the BIOS and will > address the full size of the disk (as long as it's below 127Gb). Is that > right? This is true, however, the big implication of BIOS lim

Largedisk-HOWTO clarifcation

2001-12-28 Thread Graham/Aniartia
The Largedisk-HOWTO is a little unclear about this, but I take it that Linux couldn't give a monkys about the disk size specifed in the BIOS and will address the full size of the disk (as long as it's below 127Gb). Is that right? Ani