On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 12:18:00PM -0400, Russ wrote: > Hello, > > Can Linux recognize HDD's that may exceed the limitations of the BIOS. > For example, could I boot Linux off of a smaller drive that the BIOS does > recognize, and would the Linux OS be able to recognize and use the larger > drive. This is just a trivial learning experiment. I might like to use > it as a temporary storage location n my network if I can.
Yes, but you can't boot off a partition that this bigger then your BIOS can see. Standard practice is to create a small /boot partition to put the kernel, etc on and then have a big other partion after it. Hope that helps, -Rob .
