Re : 2.1GB HD with 486

[Vimal Mathew <m_vimal@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

         The problem with having 2.1GB lies in the (older) BIOS
which cant handle more than 1024 cylinders. But, Linux should not
have a problem with that because it does not use BIOS for disk access.
The only problem lies with LILO which uses INT 13 (BIOS) for boot-up.
As long as the linux boot-files (kernel, map and boot.b) lie within
the first 1024 cylinder boundary, you should be able to boot up just
fine.
Documents: /usr/doc/lilo*/README, /usr/src/linux/Documentation/ide.txt


Vimal


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