[NTLUG:Discuss] Hardware issues... motherboard

[Paul Ingendorf]

You are both correct.  I think Chris was referring to the inability of the bios to recognize what it was seeing vs. simply not being able to see it because the hardware wouldn't address it properly.  If the later was the case you are correct that it wouldn't matter because the OS wouldn't be able to see what couldn't be addressed by the hardware. 

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From: discuss-admin at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-admin at ntlug.org]On Behalf
Of Greg Edwards
Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 11:05 AM
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Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Hardware issues... motherboard


Chris Cox wrote:
> 
> Greg Edwards wrote:
> >
> > The OS does not matter here, its a BIOS issue.
> >
> 
> Of course the OS does matter in this case.  As long as Linux can see the
> drive, it will likely see ALL of the space regardless of what your BIOS
> tells you.  We're rapidly moving toward BIOS-less-ness....(pro or con).
> 

Sorry to correct you Chris, but if BIOS can't see it the OS can't see
it.

-- 
Greg Edwards
New Age Software, Inc.
http://www.nas-inet.com

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