[1046] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: AHA 2940UW vs 2940W
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James W. Laferriere)
Sat Nov 30 07:50:54 1996
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 19:07:38 -0800 (PST)
From: "James W. Laferriere" <babydr@nwrain.net>
To: Don Fisher <fisherd@aries.tucson.saic.com>
cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <329F3CAA.2285C0C@aries.tucson.saic.com>
On Fri, 29 Nov 1996, Don Fisher wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Nov 1996, James W. Laferriere wrote:
>
> > A btw, Has anyone looked at seagates page lately( i hadn't)
> > ST423xxxN(WDF) YOW !!! 23GB in a single drive... 8-))
>
> Do any of the BIOSs have CHS (cylinder/head/sector) translations that
> handle a drive that big? I thought the limit was 8GB using 1024
> cylinders. I have a 9GB Seagate dirve now that is clipped to 8GB. Or
> do the new disk controllers have a BIOS that supprots the LBA (logical
> block addressing)I have heard about?
>
don,
We'll get this onto linux-scsi list & see.
All I know is that's one big drive.
I do know that the NCR53c810 cards (seem to only)
do LBA. That's how my 2 drives were reported on
installation.
JimL
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