> On Thu, 18 May 2000, Taylor, Chris wrote:
>
> >
> > NEW QUESTION: I'm not sure if this is off base or not, but I would also like
> > to know if there is a way of installing Linux from floppy (to include dual
> > processor support) as the (non-flashable) BIOS on an old dual processor
> > 486DX I have will not support anything larger than a 520Meg HDD and
> > therefore cannot read the RedHat installation CD. My goal is to make it
> > into a router with RedHat. Currently I have copies of RedHat 5.2 and 6.0.
Someone may have already mentioned this, but Linux doesn't care what the
BIOS says. My former firewall was a 486DX with the 512MB limit, and I had a
2.5GB drive in there. My webserver (A P-75) BIOS is limited to 2GB and I
have a 13GB drive in that. Do a network install from a different machine if
the CD is giving you trouble (although I never had that problem) and
install it, set the BIOS hard drive settings to AUTO and set it to not stop
on errors. The BIOS will bitch and whine, then turn it over to the OS and
Linux will happily chug along.
Kenny
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