On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 13:51, Jim Scott <bsddaemon@comcast.
> I sounds like a BIOS limit, back in the day most BIOS would only recognize a
> up to an 8G drive, so I'm guessing that the fact that it will only see the
> first 8G is because BIOS will only let you partition to 8G. You could see
> if there is a newer BIOS version for your system, which may let you
> partition to a larger drvie, if the firmware addresses that issue or use a
> drive manager overlay to get the full size of the drive.
Oh man... good point Jim. It's been so long since I had to mess with
that nightmare... oh God, I shudder just thinking about having to work
with drive overlays and all that mess...
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