Re: OT: BIG drives in old P90 ??
* Ron Johnson (ron.l.johnson@cox.net) spake thusly:
> On Fri, 2002-03-15 at 22:50, ye416@victoria.tc.ca wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've an old Pentium 90MHz. The CPU is probably about the only
> > notable component with a brandname on it. I want to put another drive in
> > it, but am wondering about the ability of this old machine to handle the
> > huge hard drives that are on the market.
> >
> > Specifically,
> >
> > 1) Will the kernel be able to see a 20-100 GB drive if the BIOS
> > can't see it ? Last time I checked, the kernel wasn't
> > bothered by the BIOS's limitations, but last time I checked,
> > a ten GB drive was astronomically huge.
>
> Can't hurt to put a big drive in there and see what happens.
> There was an 8.4GB barrier at some time, but don't remember
> when it was broken. P90s are from 1995-1996?
My PPro-200 has it, but it's not a problem for Linux.
I cannot boot DOS or use Partition Magic, but otherwise
Debian & NT work fine with this.
There may be another problem with LBA/plain addressing,
though, if he plugs a really large disk into a really old
mobo.
...
> Can't hurt to try!
>
> > 2) Should I be worried about the heat of a 7200 RPM drive ?
> > This box has nothing more than the power supply fan, and
> > the CPU fan to keep things cool. Also, the HD cage of this
> > case is really tight --- there is very little space for air
> > to circulate between the drives, and there are already two
> > drives in the cage. Actually, there is really only space
> > for two HD in the cage. The new one will being hanging upside
> > down from the bottom of the mounting cage.
>
> Stick with 5400RPM disks for the reasons you mentioned.
Or put a couple of fans in front of/behind the disk cage.
(Should probably cut a few holes in the front panel and put
some kind of filter behind them.)
Dima
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