It sounds like those machines you were working with didn't have the special boot loader/driver that allows older machines with a BIOS limit to use a hard drive larger than their bios supported. Many hard drive manufacturers include partitioning software with their hard drives (such as "MaxBlast" with maxtor hard drives) that installs a special boot loader/driver on machines that need it to access the parts of the hard drive that the BIOS cannot address itself.
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As far as I know, AT&T, Alltel, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless offer cellular service without a contract.
Is AppArmor similar to SELinux? I saw AppArmor installed by default on the latest "tribe" of Ubuntu's upcoming "gutsy" release.
How exactly does "running from firmware" affect whether it is exploitable or not?
For some people, a job doesn't define your life.
Was she drinking a lot of soda?
It sounds like those machines you were working with didn't have the special boot loader/driver that allows older machines with a BIOS limit to use a hard drive larger than their bios supported. Many hard drive manufacturers include partitioning software with their hard drives (such as "MaxBlast" with maxtor hard drives) that installs a special boot loader/driver on machines that need it to access the parts of the hard drive that the BIOS cannot address itself.
Cricket or MetroPCS seem like they might be decent alternatives if they offer service in your area.