On Thu, May 09, 2002 at 03:08:12PM -0400, William Calderwood wrote:
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> I found Mandrake 8.2 to be an unexpected pleasure to install and use -
> this was my first exposure to Mandrake. It was the only distribution that
> was able to overcome my computer BIOS limitation and access the full 20 GB of
> hard drive space vice only the 8 GB supported by the BIOS.
Hmm. I've overcome this limitation numerous times with a variety of
distros, including specifically Red Hat. Linux ignores what the BIOS
says and simply accesses the drive's actual capabilities. Now, it may be
that the key to this is using LBA or something like that.
Paul
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