Hi, What I think is the problem is that any ide drive over 8 gigs lies to the firmware. So, I don't think that it could be correct. Of course, I could be wrong.
Thanks, Al On Thu, 20 Dec 2007, Daniele Gratteri wrote: > Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:06:08 +0100 > From: Daniele Gratteri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-68k@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: 250 gig hard drives > Resent-Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:06:27 +0000 (UTC) > Resent-From: debian-68k@lists.debian.org > > DataZap ha scritto: > > Hi, > > > > I was wondering if anyone on this list has put a 250 gig hard drive in an > > Amiga with an "Acard" scsi-to-ide bridge. I know that it can be done, and > > although I would need to put the boot partition in the first 2 gig of the > > drive, Linux doesn't have any such limit. The partitions need to be setup > > in HDtoolbox, and because it is an ide drive, I need to setup all the > > geometry by hand. There is a formula for setting this up, I just don't > > know it. Can anyone help me out with this? > > > > Thanks, > > Al > I suppose that, being the bridge a converter from IDE to SCSI, the > system will see a 250 GB SCSI drive and the bridge should do the > translation of the geometry values. I am waiting some of these bridges > for use with my Amigas, will write about my experience as soon as I try > them. > > -- > ___ __ > / __|___ Daniele Gratteri, Italian Commodore-Amiga user... /// > | / |__/ Nickname: FIAT1100D - ICQ: 53943994 Ritmo S75 __ /// > | \__|__\ Home page: http://www.gratteri.tk forever! \\\/// > \___| E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ...since 1990 \/// > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
