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)
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