Axel Gruber wrote:
Hi List, I´m planing to renew my VDR-HArddrive Server-Storage. I think about to use the WD 200GB Harddrives. But now i have to ask: Are there any limitations on using this big harddrives on a linux-Machine ? Do i need special-Controllers for this Drives ?
All 2.6 and the newer 2.4 Kernels have LBA48 support and thus can handle IDE hard disks > 128GB. In my experience, UDMA 100 and 133-capable controllers also work with LBA48. I have a Promise Utra66 controller which does *not* work with IDE hard disks > 128GB. At the moment, 160GB hard disks are most economical. See http://www.geizhals.net/deutschland/?cat=hde7&sort=r If you use larger disks, you will pay more per GB and lose more data per disk crash. Carsten. -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to ecartis@linuxtv.org with "unsubscribe vdr" as subject.