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tommy@netspace.net.au (Tommy Haywood) writes:


>My apologies if this is an old question, but it has been
>about 18 months since I last upgraded my linux system.
>I am getting a new computer on saturday with a 2.1G
>EIDE Hard disk. Now I remember back when I first started
>getting into linux that big disks (>540MB or >1GB) were
>a hassle to use with linux. I was wondering if this is
>still a problem? Can I install linux on any partition
>on the disk. Another thing I remember was that the boot
>partition had to be below 1024 cylinders or something;
>is this till the case?

I recently installed a 2.5 Gig disk as a secondary IDE device 
(third hard drive), and had no problems with Linux recognizing or
using the drive. (Dos was another matter). I didn't do anything.
Kernel version 1.2.13.

I'm not sure about boot partitions.

>And one last question: does anyone know of any places
>in Melbourne, except for Laserbaud, who sell Linux CD's?

I've found that a lot of retailers now do, but they are a little old,
or just out of stock of new ones. Swap-meets are a good place to find
them... except then you are tempted to buy other things...


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