Re: 2.4.20 and 2.4.21, Firewire, 160 GB Harddisk, 134 GB barrier

[Brian Jackson]

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On Saturday 03 April 2004 08:20, Hans-Georg Esser wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> I found an earlier thread ("KERNEL 2.6.3 and MAXTOR 160 GB", March 2004)
> dealing with a 137 GB barrier (that I guess meant: 137xxx MB) for a Maxtor
> 160 GB drive in Kernel 2.6.x. I'd like to add my personal observation to
> that (for Kernel 2.4.20/21):
>
> My drive (Western Digital WD1600BB-32DWA0) works well when directly
> connected to the IDE controller, but doesn't like using an external
> firewire connection ("Pyro 1394 Drive Kit" of Adstech.com). The firewire
> stuff worked well with an 80 GB disk, but with the 160 GB disk I'm only
> getting 134 GB (or 137439 MB).

The more likely scenario is that the bridge chip in said box doesn't support 
the larger drive and is the limiting factor.

- --Brian Jackson

>
> This may be related to the other post I mentioned, cause of the same
> "barrier" number. I haven't tried a newer kernel yet, this was with the
> standard kernel that came with the distro:
>
<snip>

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