HD Sizes...MoBo limits?

[Matt G]

Linux rocks.

So, currently, I have a 4gb with everything but /home.
I have a 15gb in there with /home.
The new 40gb drive would go in as the new /home, and the 15 would be come my
htdocs home.  So...  if I leave the 4gb in with /boot and everything, I
should be fine, right?

Matt

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leo J Mauler" <webgiant at juno.com>
To: <kclug at kclug.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 6:59 PM
Subject: Re: HD Sizes...MoBo limits?

> > From: "Matt G" <linux at bizniche.com>
> >
> > > Hey Guys:
> > >
> > > I've never been good at knowing how much hard drive
> > > a motherboard can handle.  I know there were limits on
> > > older motherboards, but not so many limits on newer ones.
> > >
> > > I just purchased a new 80gb hdd, and I know it'll go in
> > > my PIII box just fine (I has a PCI ata/100 controller card.)
> > > But, I'm not sure what'll fit in my old AMDK6 233 box.
> > > Currently, there is a 4gb, and a 15gb in there. I'd really like
> > > to put the 40gb in there that I'll take out of my PIII, but
> > > I'm having trouble finding info on what will fit.
> > >
> > > I'm not sure the exactly make/modle of the motherboard in
> > > the K6 box.
> > >
> > > I'll investigate.  But if anyone knows any general rules on
> > > this stuff, I'd love to hear.
>
> Linux tends to ignore hardware BIOS limits, but the consideration
> is at boot time.  I think that there's a 160GB limit on some of the
> older motherboards.
>
> One trick I've done in the past, and I have an AMD K6 233 too
> that I've used this trick on, is to put a hard drive which does work,
> such as an old 1GB drive, into the system as /dev/hda (master
> device on primary IDE channel).  Then stick the /boot partition
> onto that drive.
>
> Once you've made certain that your Linux box will get past boot
> time, you can stick just about any other hard drive into the system
> on any of the other IDE channel positions.  With the above
> trick, I managed to get a 40GB hard drive onto the same AMD
> K6 233, on which the old OS Windows 98 refused to accept
> anything bigger than the standard 8.4GB hard drive limit on older
> motherboards.
>
> The configuration was, as I remember it:
>
> /dev/hda: 1GB.  /boot (50MB), /var (rest of the drive).
> /dev/hdb: 40GB. /, /usr, /home
> /dev/hdc: CDROM
> /dev/hdd: CDROM
>
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