On Tuesday 24 July 2007 19:49, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Tuesday 24 July 2007 19:15, Afan Pasalic wrote: > >> hi, > >> I just bought internal 500GB ATA HD, 7200, 100MB/s for $99. > >> am I able to use it on PIII, 677MHz, 512MB RAM, openSuse 10.2? ot, it's > >> to big? > > > > There is no too big drive. > > Just look to put partition that will boot computer within BIOS > > limitations. > > To check BIOS capabilities, see what size is recognized automatically. > > The best is as first partition after swap, to avoid headache. > > is there any difference if I use the biggy as slave?
As accessible size there is no difference, but transfer speed is another factor to consider. I would look at the speed as primary reason where to put the drive. New drives are usually faster, though the old motherboard might have something like 66 MB/s transfer rate, so new drive wouldn't be used at it's maximum (100 or 133 MB/s). The 32 bit limit, mentioned in another post, is FAT32 file system limit and it should not be mixed with 32 bit data transfer to IDE controller on motherboard. First limit has nothing to do with file systems used in Linux. The second doesn't limit number of sectors that can be accessed on hard drive. The flat cable that connects drive to motherboard has only 16 lines for data [1]. That data can be: 1- command 2- part of sector address 3- data to store on hard disk and how hard disk will understand data, depends on status of lines on IDE bus, for 1) and later on command that was sent before data, for 2) and 3). The BIOS limitations are problem only during the boot. Grub has to use them to load the kernel. With 127 GB limit in older BIOSes you have enough space to put not one, but few partitions that can be used to load operating system, and after that whole hard disk is yours. I would simply put drive in computer and install 10.2 on it. You have the drive and asking now is a bit too late. [1] http://www.interfacebus.com/Design_Connector_IDE.html -- Regards, Rajko. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
