Re: 486 with a large HDD

[Vinay Avasthi <vavasthi@xxxxxxxxx>]

Chetan Kumar <chetansk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote --
> On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Jeffrey Yep wrote:
> 
> > Is that possible?!! Are you saying that my 486 can handle a HDD with 
> > thatmuch memory? Or do I have to add on some other hardware like extra RAM 
> 
> Extra RAM has got nothing to do with this, as I have told U already, I am
> runnin RH 5.2 on a 486. More details 486 66MHg, 8M RAM, and ofcourse I do
> not run X on it frequently.
> 
> > P.S. So I don't necessarily have to change my chip processor and motherboard 
> > to handle a HDD of say 6.5 GB(I was planning to get a AMD k6 processor and I 
> 
> I am not sure, but it should be possible.
You will have to worry more about the BIOS in the system and hard disk
controller. 
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