Re: [PARPORT] >8.4GB working?


grant@torque.net
Mon, 31 May 1999 11:22:52 -0400 (EDT)


> I can't seem to get my onspec26 generic case working with my 10.2GB drive
> installed on redhat 5.2 with 2.2.9. The drive is partitioned only to 8.4GB.
> Works fine with the same setup on another 8.4gb drive.
>
> I seem to remember seeing something about this but a scan of the
> documentation, archives and a deja search didn't turn up an answer.
>
> Is this a known limitation?
>
> Any pointers appreciated and I would be willing to do tests and report to
> the list if necessary.

The short answer is that pd doesn't support drives over 8GB, at this time.

I've got a big disk and will be working on it shortly. The actual code
changes are quite small, but I have to test them - lest somebody's
disk get trashed by experimental code.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Grant R. Guenther grant@torque.net
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

-- To unsubscribe, send mail to: linux-parport-request@torque.net --
-- with the single word "unsubscribe" in the body of the message. --



This archive was generated by hypermail 2.0b3 on Mon 31 May 1999 - 11:23:49 EDT