Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 18:41:17
From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Seeing >8GB
I don't see any reason why not...
My 6G is:
4G windows
1.6G linux /
128M linux swap/
and the rest for the hibernate block.
The statement refers to the bios limits - Win uses the bios to get the disc
parameters even though it doesn't use them once it's running, so even though
there's disk there, windows can't see it without extra tricks (like on-track
or similar). Linux is quite happy seeing the whole disk, provided the kernel
is late enough (2.2.xx or later IIRC)
If you really want to see windows sillies...fdisk a windows partition under
linux, say 1G. Check it with windows fdisk, sure enough it's 1G. Mow use
format to format that partition. Last time I tried that (on a 6G) it
cheerfully announced it was formatting 528M...and formatted the lot. Windows
is not always too particular about these things :)
Neil
>From: Michael Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: Libretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Libretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Seeing >8GB
>Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 11:00:05 -0700
>
>Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 13:52:08 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Michael Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Seeing >8GB
>
>What does the statement "A libretto 70CT can't see more than 8GB on a hard
>drive" mean?
>
>More specifically, if I partitioned a 16GB hard drive (without an
>overlay) as
>
>1 GB primary partition (for Win95b C drive)
>1 GB primary partition (for Linux /)
>14 GB extended partition, containing:
> 5.9 GB logical partition (for Win95 D drive)
> 100 MB blank space (for suspension)
> 8 GB logical partition (for Linux /home)
>
>would
>a) Win95b be able to see the D drive (since it's under the 8GB mark), or
>b) Win95b not be able to see the D drive (since it's in an extended
> partition that crosses the 8GB mark)?
>
>TIA,
>Mike
>
>
>
>
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