On Tue, 2003-07-22 at 03:53, Erik Steffl wrote: > Is there a 137GB HD limit in linux kernel? It looks like I can only > access about that much of 250GB SATA (Serial ATA drive). > > googled & searched lkml but found nothing conclusive, there are some > emails about problems with 137+ GB HDs. Anybody knows what's going on? > > BTW this is on debian unstable with 2.4.21-ac4 kernel (that's the one > that has SATA driver), MB is intel D865PERL, Maxtor SATA HD (250GTB). > > YABTW I checked the drive under windows and it seems to be working > correctly (after I got SP1 for windows XP which has support for 137+ GB > drives)
Parallel ATA drives plugged into ATA/133 controllers burst the 137GB limit back around -18. -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA | | | | "I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals, I'm a vegetarian | | because I hate vegetables!" | | unknown | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
