Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 17:11:13 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Seeing >8GB
> What does the statement "A libretto 70CT can't see more than 8GB on a hard
> drive" mean?
The BIOS itself won't see more than 8GB under DOS/Windows9x. Linux and other
OSs can get away with it by directly quereing the HD.
> 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)?
You'll have to test that. Depends entirely on how the BIOS is mapping the
drive sectors and such and whether Linux is smart enough to work its way around
the Windows partitions.
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