Old board / new harddrive

Cyrus XIII · 03-19-2004, 10:50 AM

I'm still rahter new to Linux but already use it for most of the time (Win2k only when I need one of the few apps I have not yet replaced) and now I'd like to get a new harddrive, preferably one with 160 GB.
Problem: My board is rather old (see Link) and acording to Gigabyte's tech-service, it won't run with anything beyond 80 GB, probably just using 75 of it. Does this apply to Windows only or could I run into trouble as well if I plugged a 160 GB drive onto that board using Linux ?

Note: IDE controllers are not quite an option (more money gone) but I wouldn't care about the performance drop between ATA 133 and 100 either.

Peacedog · 03-19-2004, 11:41 AM

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acording to Gigabyte's tech-service, it won't run with anything beyond 80 GB, probably just using 75 of it. Does this apply to Windows only or could I run into trouble as well if I plugged a 160 GB drive onto that board using Linux ?

sounds more like a bios problem, than an os problem. look into upgrading or flashing your bios.
good luck.