From owner-freebsd-scsi Tue May 14 18:42:54 1996 Return-Path: owner-freebsd-scsi Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id SAA01675 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Tue, 14 May 1996 18:42:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from palmer.demon.co.uk (palmer.demon.co.uk [158.152.50.150]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA01662; Tue, 14 May 1996 18:42:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from palmer.demon.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by palmer.demon.co.uk (sendmail/PALMER-1) with ESMTP id CAA00510; Wed, 15 May 1996 02:40:44 +0100 (BST) To: gtc@aloft.att.com (gary.corcoran) cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: Partitioning a 23.4 Giga Byte In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 14 May 1996 19:37:22 EDT." <9605142337.AA04613@stargazer> Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 02:40:44 +0100 Message-ID: <508.832124444@palmer.demon.co.uk> Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk gary.corcoran wrote in message ID <9605142337.AA04613@stargazer>: > Will such a huge drive be fully usable (i.e. all 23G) within the "IBM- > compatible" world of SCSI controllers? Aren't PC-compatible SCSI > controllers limited to 8G of disk space (on a single disk), due to > the (stupid) limitations on maximum heads/cylinders/sectors imposed > by PC history?... :-( Yes, I've seen a 9Gb drive ``fully used'' (df reported over 8Gb available anyhow) on an Adaptec 1742 EISA controller... The BIOS limits only apply when you are using a BIOS, after all... Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD - Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info.