Messages in this thread | | | From | "Kevin Krieser" <> | Subject | RE: 48-bit IDE [Re: 160gb disk showing up as 137gb] | Date | Sat, 27 Apr 2002 17:32:35 -0500 |
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Unfortunately, I was recalling some article I read last year that said you needed upgraded firmware (such as upgraded motherboard or new PCI card) to get > 137GB support. I should have verified that my information was still correct.
And here I made sure the motherboard I bought this month had 133 support so I could use future large hard drives on it :) At least I finally have support for my ATA100 drives at something faster than ATA33.
-----Original Message----- From: Martin Bene [mailto:martin.bene@icomedias.com] Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 10:34 AM To: Kevin Krieser; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: AW: 48-bit IDE [Re: 160gb disk showing up as 137gb]
Hi Kevin,
> You need an IDE controller that supports ATA133. For most existing > computers, that is going to require a new card.
That actually turns out not to be the case.
While you do need a new controller if you want to use ATA133, the LBA48 addressing scheme in no way depends on ATA133. Running a 160GB disk on your old ATA100 (or ATA66 or ATA33) controller works just fine.
Bye, Martin
-----Original Message----- > > > From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org > [mailto:linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org]On Behalf Of Ville Herva > Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 7:56 AM > To: Martin Bene; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Subject: 48-bit IDE [Re: 160gb disk showing up as 137gb] > > > On Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 12:16:06PM +0200, you [Martin Bene] wrote: > > > > IDE: The kernel IDE driver needs to support 48-bit > addresseing to support > > 160GB. > > > > (...) however, you can do something about the linux ATA driver: code > > is in the 2.4.19-pre tree, it went in with 2.4.19-pre3. > > But which IDE controllers support 48-bit addressing? Not all > of them? Does > linux IDE driver support 48-bit for all of them? Do they require BIOS > upgrade in order to operate 48-bit? > > Or can I just grab a 160GB Maxtor and 2.4.19-preX, stick them > into whatever > box I have and be done with it? > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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