From: Jerry Kreps <jerrykreps@jlkreps.net> Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 08:32:04 -0600 Message-Id: <00123008320400.01183@JLKreps> Subject: Re: [SLE] Large HD on old P166 with 8.4Gb limit http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Large-Disk-HOWTO.html On Saturday 30 December 2000 06:46, Sean Akers wrote:
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.
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