Large HD on old P166 with 8.4Gb limit

Message-ID: <200012301246090813.0289F6D1@kang> Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 12:46:09 +0000 From: "Sean Akers" Subject: Large HD on old P166 with 8.4Gb limit I am running SuSE 6.4 on an old P166 with a BIOS limit of 8.4Gb for HDs. I can't upgrade the BIOS on this machine. I wish to add a new HD to this system and was wondering if Linux can cope with a large drive (I'm thinking 30Gb) ? I am booting off an 8.4 drive at the moment. The new drive will replace a supplementary 2Gb unit so I don't need to be able to boot off the new drive. I can't add a Promise controller due to lack of PCI slots. Speed is not really an issue either, its the space I'm after. Can this be done ? If so, is there any docs on the subject. Cheers, Sean.