RE: Max Drive size?

[Tim Grossner <tg@wintermute.cityscape.net>]

First set...

Just think of them like they would show up in dos with haddrives on each
chanel.

c,d,e,f

in linux: hda,hdb,hdc,hdd

I believe this is how it works;-)



Tim Grossner, Systems Engineer
CityScape Communications
'The Total Technology Solution Provider'
phone 217.535.1010


On Tue, 5 Jan 1999, Burke, Jason wrote:

> 
> Doh!..I stand corrected =).
> 
> Anyway, while there's someone listening with more knowledge
> than myself. What is the correct lettering scheme for IDE drives?
> 
> Is it (assuming I have 4 disks):
> 
> ide1/master = hda
> ide1/slave = hdb
> ide2/master = hdc
> ide2/slave = hdd
> 
> or:
> 
> ide1/master = hda
> ide1/slave = hdc
> ide2/master = hdb
> ide2/slave = hdd
> 
> ???
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Tim Grossner [SMTP:tg@wintermute.cityscape.net]
> > Sent:	Tuesday, January 05, 1999 1:41 PM
> > To:	'luci-discuss@luci.org'
> > Subject:	RE: Max Drive size?
> > 
> > 
> > Maybe im nitpicking or maybe you have it wrong, but it should be
> > "fdisk
> > /dev/hdc" not "fdisk /dev/hdc1"
> > 
> > hdc is the drive while hdc1 is the drives first partition. You cant
> > fdisk
> > a partition. :-)
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Tim Grossner, Systems Engineer
> > CityScape Communications
> > 'The Total Technology Solution Provider'
> > phone 217.535.1010
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, 5 Jan 1999, Burke, Jason wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > Hi Charles,
> > > 
> > > try using /dev/hdb1, and see if that helps. The only size limitation
> > > that I know of
> > > is that the kernel image needs to sit below 1023 cylinders if your
> > going
> > > to use
> > > lilo instead of a boot disk.
> > > 
> > > Jason Burke
> > > Network Engineer
> > > Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc.
> > > www.lrs.com
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From:	charles@lunargraphics.net
> > [SMTP:charles@lunargraphics.net]
> > > > Sent:	Tuesday, January 05, 1999 1:30 PM
> > > > To:	Linux Users Club of IL
> > > > Subject:	Max Drive size?
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > I am running RH5.1, and trying to install a new EIDE Hard Drive
> > which
> > > > is
> > > > 8gig. Attempting to run 
> > > > 
> > > > fdisk /dev/hdc1
> > > > 
> > > > gives me 
> > > > 
> > > > Unable to read /dev/hdc1
> > > > 
> > > > The drive *is* the master on the 2nd IDE controller.
> > > > Is there a limit to the hard drive size linux can handle?
> > > > 
> > > > cjm
> > > > 
> > > > 
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