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Re: Linux from scratch question

Posted by Jon Elson
on 2000-02-08 12:47:32 UTC
Marshall Pharoah wrote:

> From: "Marshall Pharoah" <m_pharoah@...>
>
>
> Does Linux get around the 8 gig bios limit in some way? I've never
> tried to install it on a drive
> of that size. My largest is on a 4 gig.

Yes, they do. You must have a disk partition scheme that has the boot
partition first, and under the
8 gig limit, and then there is no way to get into trouble.

Jon

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