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Re: [cobalt-users] raQ3: wrong disksize af OS restore
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] raQ3: wrong disksize af OS restore
- From: Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed May 22 13:53:07 2002
- Organization: nobaloney.net
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
Alainna Wonders wrote:
> It's sad, but true... It's not a Kernel limitation... it's actually a
> CMOS limitation, so I really don't see a way around it :/
> Sorry to be the bearer of bad news...
Nope...
We've got RaQs running larger drives; I'll find out how large and report
back.
I believe the RaQ, like many or most Linux distributions, only needs the
CMOS to read the drive at bootup; that's why there's a bootup partition
limitation. Read the Linux large-disk HOWTO.
Jeff
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