[vdr] Re: OT: 149 GB Maxtor disks.

[Tobias <tobschle@gmx.de>]

> Not necessarily.
> According to
>    http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/bo-28.06.01-000
> the 48-bit sector addressing does not require new hardware,
> but new drivers and a new BIOS.
> So hopefully most main board manufacturers will come up
> with BIOS upgrades soon.
> Until then, the bundled controller card may help.
> But what about linux drivers?
> Does the current kernel support 48-bit IDE sector addressing already?
>
>
> Carsten.

I always thought that linux doesn't care about the bios. I can use a 850MB 
disk in linux but the bios detects only 510MB.

tobi