Message-ID: <3A4FCA77.E992B1E@iname.com> Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2001 00:08:23 +0000 From: Chris Reeves <chris.reeves@iname.com> Subject: Re: [SLE] Large HD on old P166 with 8.4Gb limit Sean Akers wrote:
Thanks guys. I've read the HOWTO and it looks to me like I need to put the new HD in and not enter it into the BIOS. The kernel will then automatically pick it up and know the correct size. Is that right ?
I'm afraid I don't have the start of this thread, since my ISP's mail server has been playing up (hence the reason for me unknowingly replying to messages that have already been replied to). I'm not sure if this will work or not for an 'extra' disk, but if you're intending to boot off this disk then it certainly *will not* work! If you *do* want to boot off this disk, then you must tell the bios about it and then pass any necessary geometry parameters to LILO so that it can find the rest of the disk. Sorry that's a bit unclear, Chris -- __ _ -o)/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Chris Reeves /\\ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / ICQ# 22219005 _\_v __/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\