[101370] in RedHat Linux List
RE: partition size
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (UNIXMAN)
Wed Nov 25 18:49:03 1998
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 18:59:06 -0500 (EST)
From: UNIXMAN <jzygmont@alpha.confederationc.on.ca>
To: "Richardson,Anthony" <ARichard@stark.cc.oh.us>
Cc: redhat-list <redhat-list@redhat.com>
In-Reply-To: <9811251936.AA19016@alpha.confederationc.on.ca>
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How can that be? From what I know, LBA divides the number of cylinders
by 4 and multiplies the number of heads by 4. This gives you a limit of
8.4 GB. Unless you mean that this is a BIOS limitation and has no effect
on the drive, which would mean that it's like using a large drive without
LBA.?
On Thu, 26 Nov 1998, Richardson,Anthony wrote:
>
> > UNIXMAN wrote:
>
> > well, for LBA mode to address it it would have to be no
> > bigger than 8.4 GB
> > for EIDE. Actually does anyone know what they use for those 11 gig
> > drives?
>
> That's incorrect. The 8.4 GB limit is a CHS limit with a BIOS that does
> CHS translation. The limit without a translating BIOS is 504 MB. The
> EIDE LBA limit is in the TB (terabyte) range.
>
> Since Linux uses LBA mode for drives that support, that entire 11 gig
> drive is usuable. Just make sure your /boot partition is below the
> 8.4 GB or 504 MB limit. (The 1024 cylinder limit for translating and
> non-translating BIOSes.)
>
> Tony
>
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