atom feed5 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-questionsRe: 12GB EIDE Hard Drive
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perlMay 2, 1998 7:55 pm 
Doug WhiteMay 4, 1998 2:23 pm 
Hans HuebnerMay 5, 1998 3:41 am 
Doug WhiteMay 5, 1998 1:46 pm 
Leif NelandMay 8, 1998 1:10 am 
Subject:Re: 12GB EIDE Hard Drive
From:Doug White (dwh@gdi.uoregon.edu)
Date:May 4, 1998 2:23:15 pm
List:org.freebsd.freebsd-questions

On Sat, 2 May 1998, perl wrote:

Hi, I was wondering which disk controlers supported > 8.4GB hard drives. I have a 12GB Quantum and would like to use it with FreeBSD. Do I need to purchase a controler card or can freebsd handle 12GB eide drives without any specific hardware ?

Yuck. I hate to see the performance numbers on this drive :( I'd use a 3x4GB array myself.

In response to your question, any LBA/EIDE controller should drive it. You'll need to use FreeBSD-CURRENT (and maybe stable) to get the LBA patches so you can acces the entire disk -- otherwise you're limited to 8GB.

Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwh@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major

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