[vdr] Re: 160GB disks - ATA/133

[Juri Haberland <juri@koschikode.com>]

Matt Tovey wrote:
> I guess that other people out there must also have 160GB IDE disks
> installed? Having just bought one, I've just become aware of the 128GB
> limit for ATA disks. ;) 
> 
> As far as I can see, the only fix is to buy an ATA/133 controller. This
> is a proprietary fix (Maxtor), and not part of the ATA standard, right?
> I guess Serial-ATA is going to be the long-term fix...

No, I think you need a new kernel with 48bit IDE support.

> My question to you all - has anybody else got the Promise ATA/133 TX2
> controller card installed and working under Linux? 

I have a ATA100 TX2 running.

> From what I can find on the Internet, it ought to be supported by Linux,
> but I'm not sure what kernel version I need. What kernel version do you
> have? Did you patch it yourself with the patch from the Promise website
> (for kernel 2.4.1[89])? And special kernel options enabled to get it
> working?

IIRC no extra patch needed as log as you don't need RAID support for
this card. Use the newewst 2.4.20 kernel for 48bit IDE support.

Cheers,
Juri



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