[1573] in linux-scsi channel archive
Big disks on Adaptec 2940
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Clem Pryke)
Wed Mar 19 14:19:48 1997
From: "Clem Pryke" <pryke@hep.uchicago.edu>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 11:44:50 -0600
To: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
Cc: pryke@hep.uchicago.edu
I am about to buy a Dell PPro machine with SCSI system disk. The
controller they use is Adaptec 2940. I also want to attach several
external 9 GB data disks to this machine, and in the future 23 GB. I
find in the Linux doc statements that "in principle max linux partition
size is 1 Terabyte. However on Adaptec web page I find "Hard Disk
Capacity: Extended translation supports drive capacity up to 8 GBytes
per disk"
http://www.adaptec.com/deskpcon/d_sheets/AHA2940UWFeatures_spec.html
Can anyone who is using 8 GB+ disks with Linux please confirm that this
limit does not apply for the 2940, or if it does which cards do not
have this limitation?
Thanks, Clem Pryke
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