I would like to build my own PC with a 250GB HD and run it exclusively with a Puppy live CD. Tiger Direct has a great deal on a Seagate HD but being an ex-windows user I'm aware of the following:
Please Note: In order to properly access the full capacity of an ATA interface hard drive or partition larger than 137GB and properly support 48-bit logical block addressing, Windows XP Service Pack 1 or Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 are required. This issue does not affect SCSI hard drives.
Is this an issue I need to be concerned with using Puppy? If not, how do I perform the initial format so it's usable under Puppy? Thanks.
HD capacity limitation for Linux?
I have a 200 Gig USB-Harddisk, just works fine.
I set up several partitions, the largest is 70 GB.
I made 3 primary partitions of 10 GB (you can choose which one is "active" if you want to boot from that), and one extended with some logical drives in it.
I used this program:
http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/viewtopic.php?t=3444
Some people prefer the grafical qtparted, that comes with many live-CDs like knoppix or mepsis.
http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/viewtopic ... t=qtparted
There also is a program for Puppy in development:
http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/viewtopic.php?t=3261
It has bugs, so don't use it on harddrives with important files on it. But as you set up a new drive, use it, and give some feedback to the developper to help improving it.
Read here for some basics (create a swapfile and more):
http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/viewtopic.php?t=2355
I set up several partitions, the largest is 70 GB.
I made 3 primary partitions of 10 GB (you can choose which one is "active" if you want to boot from that), and one extended with some logical drives in it.
I used this program:
http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/viewtopic.php?t=3444
Some people prefer the grafical qtparted, that comes with many live-CDs like knoppix or mepsis.
http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/viewtopic ... t=qtparted
There also is a program for Puppy in development:
http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/viewtopic.php?t=3261
It has bugs, so don't use it on harddrives with important files on it. But as you set up a new drive, use it, and give some feedback to the developper to help improving it.
Read here for some basics (create a swapfile and more):
http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/viewtopic.php?t=2355
just an FYI note for others reading this thread-
there is also an issue with older mobos in BIOS supporting LBA for huge HDs...
For a while large HDs were sold with a special card like the Promise TX2 to solve this. Sometimes it didn't.
Card is interesting however, in that it adds 2 more EIDE connectors to the machine. No idea if the card works in Linux tho.
there is also an issue with older mobos in BIOS supporting LBA for huge HDs...
For a while large HDs were sold with a special card like the Promise TX2 to solve this. Sometimes it didn't.
Card is interesting however, in that it adds 2 more EIDE connectors to the machine. No idea if the card works in Linux tho.
Yes, I read about that when I ran into the 137 GB Windows limit without warning when I put in a new 200GB hard drive. To make things as confusing as possible, I believe the BIOS limit is around the same size as the Windows limit, but not exactly the same.aahhaaa wrote:just an FYI note...there is also an issue with older mobos in BIOS supporting LBA for huge HDs...
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I beleave the 2.4 kernel will do a 2TB HD size ( could be bigger ).
Win98 will see >137GB as said with a controller card, or some motherboards have drivers that fix 98, VIA is one of them, I have a 160GB & 98 sees all of it after installing the VIA miniport driver.
Other MB makes probably have them too, or there's a driver for $10 made by Rudolph Loe I beleave his name was.
Win98 will see >137GB as said with a controller card, or some motherboards have drivers that fix 98, VIA is one of them, I have a 160GB & 98 sees all of it after installing the VIA miniport driver.
Other MB makes probably have them too, or there's a driver for $10 made by Rudolph Loe I beleave his name was.