install and use of linux with a drive too big for bios

[Jonathan Hutchins]

On Thursday 30 December 2004 05:15 pm, hanasaki wrote:

> Have an old Asus k7m motherboard who's bios cannot handle the 120gig
> drive that replaced the 13gig that died.  Any tips on how to get Linux
> installed and running again?

Have you flashed the BIOS to the latest firmware from Asus?  That may take 
care of the problem.  If not, a newer K7 motherboard would be around $60, and 
the older board could be re-tasked as a workstation with a smaller drive.