Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 11:04:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Schwenk <pschwenk@crooow.wcupa.edu> To: "gary.corcoran" <gtc@aloft.att.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Partitioning a 23.4 Giga Byte Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960517110148.23319A-100000@crooow.wcupa.edu> In-Reply-To: <9605142337.AA04613@stargazer>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Most of the time, you aren't using the BIOS (FreeBSD case) or you are using the BIOS that resides on the host adapter (DOS and sometimes FreeBSD), so my guess would be that you would have no problem. - Peter Schwenk, Academic Computing, West Chester University of Pennsylvania - pschwenk@wcupa.edu On Tue, 14 May 1996, gary.corcoran wrote: > > Regarding this huge new drive: > > >Seagate have just released a 23.4 Gbyte HD, and we are looking at them to > >supplement our multiple 9GB HD's we currently use for our FTP server. > > > >Will freebsd allow a file system this large ??? > > Another related question, and perhaps what the poster meant to ask: > > 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?... :-( > > Gary > >
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.3.91.960517110148.23319A-100000>