Re: hard drives larger than 137gb
On Sun, 2003-03-09 at 08:08, Jamin W. Collins wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 03:18:32AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On Sat, 2003-03-08 at 20:13, Lupust wrote:
> > > On Sat, 2003-03-08 at 12:13, Ric Otte wrote:
> > >
> > > > 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?
> > >
> > > 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?
>
> I put a PCI add-on controller in one of my older systems to allow for
> more IDE devices. I haven't tried it with a drive > 137GB but it is an
> ATA-133 controller and seen by the stock Debian 2.4.20 kernel:
>
> CMD680: chipset revision 2
> CMD680: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
> ide2: BM-DMA at 0x1010-0x1017, BIOS settings: hde:pio, hdf:pio
> ide3: BM-DMA at 0x1018-0x101f, BIOS settings: hdg:pio, hdh:pio
>
> The board is:
>
> UltraATA 133 PCI (P/N: SC-PE4B12)
Ok, but what brand?
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