[ale] HD size limit?

[Jeff Hubbs]

Even if the BIOS maxes out at 32GB, IIRC Linux doesn't pay attention to
that anyway.  What happens if you just go ahead with it?

- Jeff

On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 13:22, Robert E. Karaffa, II wrote:
> hi folks,
>     I've got an old ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 mobo running mandrake 8.2 that acts as
> an mp3 server for my home LAN.  256RAM, 5GB boot drive, 40GB storage drive.
> problem is that the award bios limits HD size to 32GB.  my mp3 library will
> soon outgrow that.  I'm looking at options:
> -IDE card for bigger drives?
> -firewire card for same?
> -BIOS upgrade:  it has the latest from ASUS, and I'm checking on bios
> upgrades online ($70 from http://www.wimsbios.com/)
> -boat anchor
> 
> the box is overclocked, thanks to tomshardware.com, to 400MHz, and is an
> excellent server and never burps, farts, coughs, wheezes...etc.  can't ask
> for better, in my opinion...except it comes up short in one dept.  any
> ideas?
> 
> -Bob K.
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