Re: current status of alpha in squeeze - Storage Question - we will need to store the code some where - Fwd: Disk drives

2011-03-29 Thread Matt Turner
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Robert Garron wrote: > Joel, > > Can your group do what Bill is asking below? > Similar to the change of 36 gig to 300 gig... > > Regards, > Robert > > --  Forwarded Message  -- > > Subject: Disk drives > Date: Mon March 28 2011 > From: Bill Parke

Re: current status of alpha in squeeze - Storage Question - we will need to store the code some where - Fwd: Disk drives

2011-03-29 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 07:01:23PM -0400, Bill Parke wrote: > As I don't have any of the various vendors disks. I would expect > somewhere, soon they will have drives that kowtow to 512 byte block to > help windows and MBR booting. I know WD has a Address+1 patch to make > MBR work in 512byte

Re: current status of alpha in squeeze - Storage Question - we will need to store the code some where - Fwd: Disk drives

2011-03-28 Thread Witold Baryluk
Hi, > > As I don't have any of the various vendors disks. I would expect > somewhere, soon they will have drives that kowtow to 512 byte block > to help windows and MBR booting. I know WD has a Address+1 patch > to make MBR work in 512byte mode. This is not alpha specific. Proper partitioning

Re: current status of alpha in squeeze - Storage Question - we will need to store the code some where - Fwd: Disk drives

2011-03-28 Thread Bill Parke
On 3/28/2011 4:31 PM, Witold Baryluk wrote: On 03-28 12:43, Robert Garron wrote: Joel, Can your group do what Bill is asking below? Similar to the change of 36 gig to 300 gig... Regards, Robert -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Disk drives Date: Mon March 28 2011 From: Bill

Re: current status of alpha in squeeze - Storage Question - we will need to store the code some where - Fwd: Disk drives

2011-03-28 Thread Geoff Martin
I was thinking... what about those SATA cards with SCSI emulation? maybe it can be possible to trick SRM into thinking it's an SCSI card. It's insane, I know... Currently, I keep the original 9GB SCSI disk and card just to boot the system, but I wonder if I can use one of those CF 2 IDE and assemb

RE: current status of alpha in squeeze - Storage Question - we will need to store the code some where - Fwd: Disk drives

2011-03-28 Thread Uwe Schindler
Hi, > > As of disks, I have a one disk (Western Digital Caviar Green 1.5TB), > > which I can attach for a brief period of time into my Alpha, using PCI > > SATA controler. But I think other people is already using such disks > > in their machines. Can anybody confirm? > > I have a 1.5TB SATA disc

RE: current status of alpha in squeeze - Storage Question - we will need to store the code some where - Fwd: Disk drives

2011-03-28 Thread Joel Nimar
status of alpha in squeeze - Storage Question - we will need to store the code some where - Fwd: Disk drives On 03-28 12:43, Robert Garron wrote: > Joel, > > Can your group do what Bill is asking below? > Similar to the change of 36 gig to 300 gig... > >

Re: current status of alpha in squeeze - Storage Question - we will need to store the code some where - Fwd: Disk drives

2011-03-28 Thread Witold Baryluk
On 03-29 09:44, Michael Cree wrote: > On 29/03/2011, at 9:31 AM, Witold Baryluk wrote: > >As of disks, I have a one disk (Western Digital Caviar Green 1.5TB), > >which I can attach for a brief period of time into my Alpha, > >using PCI SATA controler. But I think other people is already using > >su

Re: current status of alpha in squeeze - Storage Question - we will need to store the code some where - Fwd: Disk drives

2011-03-28 Thread Witold Baryluk
On 03-28 17:42, Geoff Martin wrote: > I do use a 1TB disk on my 164LX using a pci SATA card. However I was never > able to boot from it. Maybe by pure lack of knowledge, or maybe because it's > not possible at all. If anyone know the magic, please share the magic words I think it is impossble to d

Re: current status of alpha in squeeze - Storage Question - we will need to store the code some where - Fwd: Disk drives

2011-03-28 Thread Michael Cree
On 29/03/2011, at 9:31 AM, Witold Baryluk wrote: As of disks, I have a one disk (Western Digital Caviar Green 1.5TB), which I can attach for a brief period of time into my Alpha, using PCI SATA controler. But I think other people is already using such disks in their machines. Can anybody confirm?

Re: current status of alpha in squeeze - Storage Question - we will need to store the code some where - Fwd: Disk drives

2011-03-28 Thread Geoff Martin
I do use a 1TB disk on my 164LX using a pci SATA card. However I was never able to boot from it. Maybe by pure lack of knowledge, or maybe because it's not possible at all. If anyone know the magic, please share the magic words : ) Also, I can put myself and my machine (Microway AlphaPC 164LX 533m

Re: current status of alpha in squeeze - Storage Question - we will need to store the code some where - Fwd: Disk drives

2011-03-28 Thread Witold Baryluk
On 03-28 12:43, Robert Garron wrote: > Joel, > > Can your group do what Bill is asking below? > Similar to the change of 36 gig to 300 gig... > > Regards, > Robert > > -- Forwarded Message -- > > Subject: Disk drives > Date: Mon March 28 2011 > From: Bill Parke > To: Robert