There is way too many programs out there that help overcome bios limits on
hdds. For instance i have put a 8 gig hdd in a 486 with a 800 mg limit and
used just one 8 gig partition. You may want to ask them about this.
Jimmy Hodges
----- Original Message -----
From: "Elliott Ryder" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 5:05 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Partitioning a HD


>         A while back I sent my  computer to a shop to have an 8G hard
drive
> installed and was told that my mobo would only support a 6G one. The
> 6G  one was installed and it was partitioned into three 2G  partitions.
>  From a recent message in this list it appeared that one could install a
HD
> larger  than the mobo would normally  accommodate if it were partitioned
> into smaller partitions (smaller than the maximum that the mobo would
> normally accommodate). Is this really true? If it is true, could I have
> installed a 20G HD and partitioned it into five 4G partitions? As  you can
> tell, this recent info has me confused.
>         Elliott
>
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