Well, I went ahead and bought the disk. It turns out my BIOS does support the 160 gb disk after all! BTW, I too think that BIOS 48-bit LBA support is not needed for an (good) OS to see the entire 137+ gb disk.
Thanks for all the help! On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 22:20:48 -0800 (PST), Satsco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Sujith Shastry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is there a program to check is the BIOS supports > > 48-bit LBA? It need > > not necessarily be a Linux program. And the program > > shouldn't actually > > require a 160 gb disk to be present. > > > > Thanks > > > > > > On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 19:43:29 +0530, Vinu Moses > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > On Monday 13 December 2004 06:11 pm, Sujith > > Shastry wrote: > > > > I'm about to buy a 160GB hard disk. My BIOS > > probably doesn't support > > > > 48 bit LBA. I'm going to put my Linux partition > > on the beginning of > > > > the drive. Now, can I boot into the Linux > > machine? If I can boot, can > > > > I access full 160GB from the Linux installation? > > > > > > As Shridhar says, YMMV. > > > > > > However, you could try booting off your distro's > > installation disk > > > [rescue mode in Redhat / Fedora] and see if linux > > and fdisk are able to > > > recognise the actual size of your disk. If they > > are not, the chance of > > > it being detected post-install is not very likely. > > <snipped> > > I have seen a 40 GB ide work perfectly on a PC whose > BIOS supports just 8 GB. > > The BIOS detects the ide as 8GB, but after linux > loads, all of the 40 GB is visible and usable. > > Sujith, i think you can safely buy a 160 GB and go > ahead with linux installation.... the BIOS should not > matter. > > One suggestion though -- when you install on 160 GB, > make sure you have one small primary partiion residing > within the first 8 GB space which can be mounted as > /boot -- this should be enough to solve everything. > > please let the list know how it works out for you. > > thanks and regards, > Satsco. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ > _______________________________________________ > linux-india-help mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help > ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
