Re: meeting planning
On 01/15/2015 06:47 PM, Christian T. Steigies wrote:
> I know, I bought a couple of those, crest and kullervo each have one.
> But when you partition the disk as SCSI disk, you can create partitions 1,
> 2, 3, 4, 5, whatever you choose. If you partition as IDE, don't have to
> create primary and secondary partitions if you want more than 4 partitions?
Wait. The limitation of 4 primary partitions is a BIOS/MBR limitation
and unrelated to the fact whether it's a SCSI or IDE disk as far as
I know.
If you want more than 4 partitions, you need to use extended partitions
or use a machine that has UEFI.
> Does that map from SCSI partitioning to using as IDE disk?
What exactly is a SCSI partitioning?
>> I used the adapter to use the disk on my Centris 650 and when I had
>> to copy files from my main computer onto it, I just removed the adapter
>> and hooked it up via USB.
>
> Because USB treats the disk as SCSI disk again?
For the Linux kernel, it doesn't matter, does it?
> Its been a few years since I bought these adapters, maybe things have
> changed. Or we make a test on the weekend :-)
Yes, let's test it.
Adrian
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