Subject: Re: Drive size limitation?
To: Dave Huang <khym@bga.com>
From: Andrew Gillham <gillham@vaultron.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 09/13/2000 17:29:15
Dave Huang writes:
>
> Sounds like the "Cylinder Limitation" jumper (J46) is closed. The
> product manual says:
>
> On some older BIOS', primarily those that auto-configure the
> disk drive, a hang may occur. The Cylinder Limitation jumper
> reduces the capacity in the Identify Drive allowing large
> capacity drives to work with older BIOS'. The capacity
> reported when J46 is closed will be as follows: drives less
> than or equal to 32GB will report 2.1GB. Drives greater than
> 32GB will report 32GB.
Cool! I saw that listed as "4092 Cylinder Limitation" and didn't look
any further. :-)
I'll have him check that.
Thanks!
-Andrew