Re: hard drives larger than 137gb
On Sat, 2003-03-08 at 12:13, Ric Otte wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to use some of the large IDE hard drives (such as 160,
> 180, 200gb) that are being advertised with linux? If so, is some sort
> of patch needed to be able to 'see' the whole drive? And can I install
> it just as I would a normal hard drive? Thanks,
The 2.4.x kernel supports them, but you also have to have either a
mainboard with ATA/133 or a ATA/133 adapter card. I am using a 160 on
one of my Linux boxes here with the ATA/133 adapter card, no problems.
Lupust
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