Re: Woody on 486 problem

On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:52:24 -0600
John Hasler <jhasler@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Arnt Karlsen writes:
..write new bios code for old 386 irons to use todays new big ass
disks is trivial to you?

Linux doesn't use the BIOS. You just need something the BIOS
supports for a boot disk. Once the kernel is up it will handle your
large disk fine.

Does that mean that I can put /boot on a CD, boot from it and have the
root on a HDD bigger then 32 GB? My BIOS does not recognize HDDs bigger
then 32 GB unless I set the jumpers on the 'clip' setting, but it can
boot from CD.

Regards,
Andrei
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