well,
the linux kernel takes what the bios feeds it, shreds it and does a walking 
tour of the system to determine whats really there.

the idea of using a small (15 megabyte) partition for /boot is a very good 
one. that will allow the kernel to get around the problem that your compaq 
bios has with the drive.

Technomage

On Thursday 17 January 2002 11:14, you wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> My name is john and I'm adicted to LINUX. I got my Compaq laptop to run
> Mandrake 8.1. It was my first experience with LINUX and I'm hooked.
>
> I do have a small problem. That is my hard disk is onlt 3 Gb and compaq
> will NOT give me an update to the BIOS to add any bigger drive then 8
> Gb. I really do dislike Compaq (but that another story and a half).
> Western Digital hard drives come with software for windows to trick the
> BIOS into accepting the bigger drives. I'm wondering if any of you know
> of a program/drive that might work with LINUX to accomplish the same thing.
>
> I've only been reading the PLUG digest for a couple of weeks, and I know
> I just missed a meeting in the eat valley where I live. I am really
> looking forward to attending so of these meeting and meeting real LINUX
> geeks!
>
> John
>
> p.s. I asked Mandrake about my hard drive problem and "they" tell me
> this is not possible. %^(
>
>
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