Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 01:22:55 +0100 From: Richard Mittendorfer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Toshiba 100GB HD review
Also sprach Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Sat, 28 Jan 2006 15:35:10 -0800): > At 10:39 AM 28/01/2006 -0800, you wrote: > >Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 19:38:09 +0100 > >From: Richard Mittendorfer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: [LIB] Toshiba 100GB HD review > > > >Also sprach John Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Sat, 28 Jan 2006 09:35:11 > >-0800): > > > Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 11:31:38 -0800 > > > From: John Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: RE: [LIB] Toshiba 100GB HD review [...] > > > I am almost certain I understood the 128GB limitation to be > > > hardware, not software, so in that case the operating system, > > > linux as well as > > > >Both i think. > > Well sorta ... it's a firmware and software limitation but not > actually a hardware limitation (such as a lack of bus lines) :-) see. I wasn't sure, since ATA-6 looks more like a protcol change, but.. > Having said that AFAIK no-one has modded the firmware (in this case, > probably the BIOS and IDE controller) to handle the ATA limit so the > distinction is somewhat academic. .. I wouldn't be surprised if 1x0ct's crappy ide controller (isa? it can't even do DMA) will just say "no thanks" to these drives. However I'd be happy to be proven wrong. :-) > ><snip> > > > >So I doubt, the 1x0ct will work with this drives. AFAIK there were > >interface changes which affect the whole IDE interface (hw). > > You could always do something silly like use a SATA PCMCIA card then > run wires back to the hard drive bay and somehow get a HDD and > connector to fit into the original HDD bay (should be possible with > some creative plasticwork) ... then figure out how to boot the > Libretto off the SATA PCMCIA card :-) ..and use a very very tiny cfcard(to-ide-adaptor) to boot from? Sounds reasonable. Wouldn't a raid0 setup with 6 or even 10 of those 0,85 inch drives be fun? ;-) sl ritch
