Re: fstab/mount filesystem nomenclature
On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 02:54:47AM -0500, David Turetsky wrote:
> Pigeon, a postscript. WD has their own BIOS on the Promise controller.
> It gets hooked in by the system BIOS and then does it's own thing
> without leaving any fingerprints elsewhere
>
> I will email Western Digital and see if I can get some insight into what
> they are doing
I had a VERY QUICK look on Google and WD's website, and it seems that:
- Linux can get round the 137Gb limit already
- WD's solution for Windoze seems to consist of a change to the BIOS
on the Promise card and a driver for Windoze.
This leads to two possible ideas:
- Reinstall the original BIOS on the Promise card, accept the Windoze
limitation
- Patch the Linux kernel driver module for the Promise card to agree
with WD's modified BIOS.
I don't know if such a patch exists, but if not it probably will
before long.
Shame that Linux is being held up by Windoze's failings!
Pigeon
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