Re: hd size > bios support?

david parsons (o.r.c@p.e.l.l.p.o.r.t.l.a.n.d.o.r.u.s)
27 May 1999 01:17:16 -0700

In article <linux.kernel.199905232150.XAA05927@wsdw01.win.tue.nl>,
Guest section DW <dwguest@win.tue.nl> wrote:
>
> Hi Guest.
>
> >>>> Q> /dev/hda5 219 379 1293200 83 Linux native
> >>>> Q> /dev/hda6 380 623 1959898 83 Linux native
>
> >>>> Note that the reason for splitting /dev/hda5 and /dev/hda6 into
> >>>> two partitions was to avoid problems connected with the 2G limit
>
> >>> Which 2 GB limit??
>
> >> ... there have ... been claims that some of the utilities used
> >> with Linux can and will mangle partitions over 2G in size on
> >> 32-bit architectures.

>Thanks for warning us that you go around blindly repeating
>the nonsense that people say.

Killing the messenger won't help, I'm afraid, particularly when
you explicitly asked for information.

I, too, have heard this rumor, and I'm afraid that killing me
won't make it go away either.

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david parsons \bi/ one disk, one partition.
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