Subject: Re: LC630 IDE Hard Disk size limit?
To: None <port-mac68k@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Geoff Roberts <gjr01@uow.edu.au>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 08/04/1998 02:13:26
>I think the question was more of a general Macintosh question.

Yup,

   I have an external SCSI and wanted to move all Mac stuff off that onto
the IDE drive so I could use the whole SCSI for NetBSD.   Someone has
mentioned there is a 6G limit with the IDE driver on the LC630 Mac.

   Thanks for the replies

   Geoff

>> >   I seem to remember there was a limit on the IDE hard disk size supported
>> >by the LC630.   Am I mistaken?   If not, what is the size limit.
>>
>> I don't quite understand the question.
>
>I think the question was more of a general Macintosh question.  There
>might be a limit on the drive size supported by the Mac's IDE
>implementation.  Personally, I don't know if this is the case.
>
>> Hey, our SCSI is still not the best :) No time to start working on IDE...
>
>Partially true.  The Linux/m68k guys have IDE working, and there is at
>least one person working on rolling support into NetBSD/mac68k.  As for
>the SCSI, it could probably use an energetic volunteer...  ;-)
>
>-allen
>
>--
>                    Allen Briggs - briggs@ninthwonder.com