RE: Large Harddisk Compatibility

[Shridhar Daithankar <shridhar.daithankar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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 Hello
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     As far as I know, the constraint is forced due to BIOS & is limited =
to the root partition only. So you can have your other partitions well =
greate than 1024 cylinders. Further Linux need not be installed on first =
1024 cylinders but it's root partition should have cylinders less than =
1024.

  Please correct me if  I am wrong.

  Bye
   Shridhar

Guys

I am buying IBM Deskstar 13 Gb 7200rpm HDD... but before doing so I =
wanted to clarify something about its support under linux. This harddisk =
will have more than 1024 cylinders. Lets say 1331 cylinders. I have =
heard things like you have to install linux in the first 1024 cylinders =
because it doesnt go beyond it. is that true? can i have further =
clarifications regarding this topic? If this is true... whats the way to =
get around it ?

thanx in advance

raj :)


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