[plug] BIOSes, >32Gig HDDs & Linux

[raven at themaw.net]

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004, Trevor Phillips wrote:

> 
> So the question is, I suppose, now: Is this correct, and safe? ^_^
> Can I rely on Linux to correctly handle this HDD for its full capacity, 
> even tho the BIOS wants nothing to do with it?

It's my understanding that, once up and running Linux does not use the 
BIOS to access storage and so this should be fine.

Bootstraping the kernel has always been the tricky part.

Ian