Steve, Thanks for the advice, but you make it sound as if it is a pure ATA/IDE issue.
If that is the case, how come Maxtor is selling a 160 Gig external drive based on Firewire? http://www.maxtor.com/Maxtorhome.htm I can easily believe that the current crop of USB-2 - ATA chipsets don't handle anything above 128 Gig., but if they can make Firewire chipsets capable of it, then they can also make USB-2 - ATA capable chipsets. That is unless the USB-2 spec. somehow does not support drives over 128GB, and thus my question. Anyway, assuming that nobody is currently making a USB-2 - ATA chassis capable of going past 128 Gig., I am going to investigate the Firewire option. (I know next to nothing about Firewire and Linux, so that may not work yet either.) Greg Freemyer Internet Engineer Deployment and Integration Specialist The Norcross Group www.NorcrossGroup.com >> It's a ATA/IDE addressing problem. >> No drives of this size were expected. You need a special controller to see >> it >> all. So yes, it's true for all OSs using ATA. >> On Thursday 07 March 2002 18:32, you wrote: >> > I have tried a couple of different external USB - ATA chassis. >> > >> > Both have worked fine with smaller drives, but when I try a 160GB I can >> > only see around 128 GB. >> > >> > This is true under Windows XP as well as under Linux. >> > >> > Is this a fundamental limit of USB-2? >> > >> > If not, are there any chasis's that work with drives over 128 GB? >> > >> > PS: I'm not subscribed to this list, so please copy me on any responses. >> > >> > Greg Freemyer >> > Internet Engineer >> > Deployment and Integration Specialist >> > The Norcross Group >> > www.NorcrossGroup.com >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users >> -- >> Steve Greg Freemyer Internet Engineer Deployment and Integration Specialist The Norcross Group www.NorcrossGroup.com _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
