[Linux-Discussion] Re: HD question about switching to Linux
- From: John Madden <weez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: linux-discussion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 13:52:05 -0500
On Saturday 20 January 2001 01:25, you wrote:
> I'm getting ready to make the leap to Linux, but am bracing for the
> issues I may have with my elderly PC. Last year I upgraded my 1G HD to
> a 4G HD, but the system recognized the new drive as a 2G, which has been
> fine till now. I've been told the problem is either my BIOS, or the fact
> that I'm running Win95a (a 16-bit OS??). It's important for me to set up
> a dual boot system, but fear that partitioning my "2G" HD won't leave
> enough space for either OS.
Win95a isn't a 16-bit OS, perse, but it's pretty close. The 2gig
limitation is probably due to the OS's lack of support for anything larger
(but I bet if you went into fdisk you could create another 2gig
partition).
> My system is a five and a half year old NEC Ready series w/ Pentium 100,
> 80 MB RAM, and the BIOS is by Phoenix technologies (who says they no
> longer support upgrades to that old of a system). Any advise as to how
> I might be able to get my system to recognize the full 4G of my HD would
> be greatly appreciated.
Linux will probably see the whole thing right away (since it basically
avoids BIOS stuff whenever possible). If you don't mind fdisking the
whole thing, in fact, I'd suggest wiping the whole drive, splitting it in
half (or whatever) during your linux install, and then install windows
when that's all done (caveat: windows will destroy the master boot record,
so you'll have to boot linux with a floppy afterwards to restore it -
easily done though).
Then again, for $50-$80 or so, you could probably upgrade the motherboard
and CPU to something more decent, like a P233, and save yourself a lot of
headaches to begin with.
John
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