Re: BIG hard drives on the Qube2

Izumi Tsutsui <[email protected]> Sat, 7 Mar 2009 18:34:01 +0900
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.ports.cobalt
Message-ID <[email protected]>
[email protected] wrote:

> I've tested an 80GB SATA drive so far, but will be getting a 1.5TB one  
> on the weekend (my iTunes library is getting out of control :-)
> 
> Is there a known limit to what can plug into a Qube running  NetBSD or  
> Linux ?

- NetBSD kernel supports LBA48 so it should just work
- The cobalt firmware might not support LBA48 so Ext2 partition
  to store bootloader should be smaller than 137GB
- NetBSD bootloader has LBA48 support in sources but it's disabled
  by default, so you might have to recompile bootloader if your
  root partition is larger than 137GB

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Izumi Tsutsui