Re: hard drives larger than 137gb
On Sat, 2003-03-08 at 20:13, Lupust wrote:
> 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.
Which brand and model, and which kernel are you using?
>From your post, I presume that the driver for it is in the kernel.org
source. Correct?
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