[1047] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: AHA 2940UW vs 2940W
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jon Lewis)
Sat Nov 30 08:23:57 1996
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 23:27:04 -0500 (EST)
From: Jon Lewis <jlewis@inorganic5.fdt.net>
To: "James W. Laferriere" <babydr@nwrain.net>
cc: Don Fisher <fisherd@aries.tucson.saic.com>, linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.93.961129190448.439C-100000@filesrv1.baby-dragons.com>
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
That's probably a 9 million byte drive...which in reality is
8.38GB...which when formatted, will likely provide you with around 8GB of
usable space. I doubt you have a 1GB area at the end of the disk that's
unusable due to SCSI bios inadequacy.
> I do know that the NCR53c810 cards (seem to only)
> do LBA. That's how my 2 drives were reported on
> installation.
I thought LBA was an IDE thing? There is no 1024 cyl limit on SCSI disks.
If there is, how would you explain this:
Disk /dev/sdd: 64 heads, 32 sectors, 4095 cylinders
That's only a 4gb disk.
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