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Alan Dayley wrote:
> On Saturday 04 December 2004 09:30 pm, KevinO wrote:
> 
>>Putting a drive too large for the motherboard/BIOS to handle?
> 
> 
> This is not a problem for Linux.  The IDE (ATA) controller drivers in Linux 
> talk to the controller chip directly and do not depend on the motherboard 
> BIOS for hard drive information.  Put a 10GB drive on a motherboard BIOS that 
> only sees 8GB and Linux will run the 10GB, no matter what the BIOS says!
> 
> Alan

That and... if I'd seen the responses and that the problem was solved, I
wouldn't have posted an answer.

Thanks,

- --
Kevino

AMAZING BUT TRUE ...
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	across the Sahara Desert, the smell would be absolutely awful.
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