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Re: [TCLUG:17648] Moving the install & Linux fdisk 20gb IDE drive h*ll



Hi Callum,

> > Does it realy matter whether or not I have this drive in LBA, Large or Normal
> > mode?
> 
> You really* should be using LBA...

How would that help? By reading the LILO docs, I got the impression that LBA is
really quite undesirable.. They said nasty things about it..

Anyway, isn't the BIOS setting actually irrelevant as soon as the kernel loads?

Guessing,

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