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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
