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

[Dave Anderson]

Yes, I will boot from the 20 Gig. That is the reason I was still going to 
use it. Use the 20 Gig for the OS and the 180 for the MythTV.


At 09:29 PM 11/5/2003, you wrote:
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> > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of James L. Paul
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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
>
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