> This is true. The only exception I've encountered is the drive the
> computer boots from. I once set up a server with a 60GB drive on a
> machine with a bios that only supported drives up to 8.4 GB. The macine
> wouldn't boot. I had to boot it from a floppy. Once the machine started
> booting from the floppy it detected the 60 GB drive.
That is one way, or, as I do, create a small partition at the start of the drive
for /boot and then you don't have to worry about the BIOS limitation and don't
need a CD or floppy to boot from...
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