Messages in this thread | | | From | Brian Jackson <> | Subject | Re: 2.4.20 and 2.4.21, Firewire, 160 GB Harddisk, 134 GB barrier | Date | Sat, 3 Apr 2004 10:53:40 -0600 |
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On Saturday 03 April 2004 08:20, Hans-Georg Esser wrote: > Hello list, > > I found an earlier thread ("KERNEL 2.6.3 and MAXTOR 160 GB", March 2004) > dealing with a 137 GB barrier (that I guess meant: 137xxx MB) for a Maxtor > 160 GB drive in Kernel 2.6.x. I'd like to add my personal observation to > that (for Kernel 2.4.20/21): > > My drive (Western Digital WD1600BB-32DWA0) works well when directly > connected to the IDE controller, but doesn't like using an external > firewire connection ("Pyro 1394 Drive Kit" of Adstech.com). The firewire > stuff worked well with an 80 GB disk, but with the 160 GB disk I'm only > getting 134 GB (or 137439 MB).
The more likely scenario is that the bridge chip in said box doesn't support the larger drive and is the limiting factor.
- --Brian Jackson
> > This may be related to the other post I mentioned, cause of the same > "barrier" number. I haven't tried a newer kernel yet, this was with the > standard kernel that came with the distro: > <snip>
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