I have a PAIR of 160GB Western Digital hdd attached to my motherboard via a Promise controller, AND a 32GB IBM Deskstar from which I run linux (Woody)
Under Windows XP I see all 160GB of each of the two drives. Under linux, I see the first partition of the 160GB drives (ntfs format) and all of the 30GB drive Woody (3.0r1) apparently does not support 48-bit drive addressing so the other partitions cannot be viewed, but within that constraint the setup reasonably coexists The Promise controller came with each drive, along with software to support full addressing under Windows. I bought them at Sam's Club (WalMart) for $200 each -- David -----Original Message----- From: Richard Otte [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ric Otte Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 11:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: hard drives larger than 137gb Thanks--that is quite helpful. I may stick to less than 137gb to avoid using the adapter card. Ric On Sat, Mar 08, 2003 at 08:13:17PM -0600, Lupust wrote: > > 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. > > Lupust -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
