[mythtv-users] Getting ready to setup a new system

[Christian Hack]

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> On Wednesday 05 November 2003 16:03, Dave Anderson wrote:
> > Hello all,
> > I'm getting ready to setup a new MythTV system for the 
> first time and
> > wanted opinions on my hardware.
> >
> > I have an old Dell XPS PIII/650 MHz with 128 Meg Ram. I 
> will up the ram to
> > 265 Meg
> > I'll be using the original 20 Gig HDD and an additional 180 Gig HDD.
> 
> Make sure your BIOS on that system will accomodate a HD that big.
> 

Shouldn't make a difference unless you're trying to boot off the 180Gb
which I doubt you are (you're booting off the 20Gb right?). Linux quite
easily accesses large harddrives without any BIOS issues.

The main issue is getting older BIOSes to recognise large drives and
boot off them. At worst simply disable the hard drive detection on the
180Gb. Linux will still find it once booted off the 20Gb.

CH