>> probably a labor-saver to ask that the disk come pre-configured as C: and
D:
>> drives (which may be normal for large HDs at this point?), then use DOS
>> 'FDISK' to free up the D: partition for Linux. IIRC, though, it's a
bad
>> idea to get a HD > 8 Gig for Linux, it may have a problem reading it.
Check
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>Would you be so kind as to explain why it's bad? I plan very soon to buy a
>new HD for my old 486/33. I've found a 12.7 Gig HD that I can afford, what
>problems could I have?
If I recall correctly, and I can't recall where I read this, Linux has a
hard time reading disks larger than 8.1 Gig.
