On Sat, 2010-12-18 at 21:15 -0500, Chris Knadle wrote: > > I have some experience with this since my two desktop PCs are year 2000 > > PIII's (with PATA HDDs). > > > > The specific BIOS issue is 48-bit LBA support. The limitation applies to > > the boot sector, which must reside within the limit. Other than that, I > > believe a larger HDD is OK. > > That doesn't sound right. The specific problem I've seen is that the > hard disk isn't seen *at all* by the BIOS if it's too large. Being an > LBA problem could be, but the limit being on where the boot sector > doesn't, because IIRC when I ran into this even having a /boot partition > early on the disk still didn't allow the disk to show up in the BIOS, > thus it couldn't be booted. > > With any luck the specs for the T23 are available to find out > specifically what the hard disk size limit is for it. >
In the past, I've done reading on HDD size limitations. Sources: 1. Upgrading and Repairing PCs 2. Multiboot configuration Handbook. The only issue I recall reading about with HDD size limits is the 48-bit LBA issue. But I don't question that you have observed another issue. I'd just like to add that whatever the BIOS issue is, there might be a BIOS upgrade available for it that addresses the issue. If the OP doesn't have the latest BIOS version, he might want to check for updates. _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Jan 5 - Building a Community Site with Drupal Feb 2 - Zimbra Mar 2 - MHVLUG 8th Anniversary - Show and Tell
