Re: drives over 2 gigs

[Bruce Smith <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> this may not help answer the question at hand, but i have a related
> question: is anyone on the list SUCCESSFULLY using a drive bigger than 2G
> with linux?  if so, what were the caveats you encountered?  how was LILO
> installation, if you installed it?

My first drive (/dev/hda) on my work machine is a 6.2GB Seagate (ST36450A)
I use lilo to in the MBR to boot Linux, Windoze 95, and Windoze NT WS 4.0.

As long as the LBA translation doesn't map any cylinders over 1023 it
works fine (I've seen this happen with LBA at about 8-9 GB).  Even then,
that only means LILO can't access a boot image in the last GB of the drive.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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