On Tuesday 17 December 2002 02:28 am, James Sparenberg wrote: > Check the archives.. but I do seem to remember that if you are willing > to put up with the slower access times. (depending on what you do you > might not even notice that it's slower.) you can do an append="nodma" at > boot and the WD drives suddenly start to work nicer. Since I remember > Civilme saying something about DMA being the root of the problem with WD > drives. > Thanks James. I read that, but it didn't give me a very warm fuzzy... so I'm going to try to use it on my xp box or return it for a better brand.
> James > > On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 17:41, Lorne wrote: > > On Monday 16 December 2002 09:06 am, Guy Van Sanden wrote: > > > Reiser 3.5 and 3.6 can handle up to 17.6 Terrabyte in a single > > > filesystem. (check www.namesys.com) > > > Practically speaking this is also the maximum file size, which is > > > logical given the partition size. > > > > > > So it shouldn't be reiser... maybe the drive is malfunctioning, or it > > > is not supported by your BIOS (that large). This used to be the case > > > with 2-4 GB drivers in 486's or early pentiums. The manufacturers > > > often get arround this by installing some low-level driver. > > > Unfortunately these are often incompatible with *NIX. > > > > > > Maybe you can try JFS, XFS or EXT3 to check? > > > > Thanks man... It turns out to me far worse than I suspected. At first I > > thought I was exceeding the partition size. Turns out I just made the > > mistake of buying a Western Digital drive! Arrrgggg.... > > > > > Kind regards > > > > > > Guy > > > > > > > Perhaps a dumb question, but what is the maximum partition size you > > > > can make a linux ext2, or reisfer or any other linux partition? The > > > > reason I ask, is I just purchased a 180gb IDE drive and Reiser is > > > > choking. I've done a cursory search on the internet and not seeing > > > > anything. > > > > ---- > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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