[SPARCbook] 12G drive, but only 8G seen

[Michael S. Schiller]

I have an IDE<->SCSI adapter on my sparcbook, with a 20gig drive installed.
I can't seem to get it to recognize more than around 4 gigs of the HD. So I
have 2 questions, 1. How do I find out what version of the adapter I have,
and is it upgradeable? 2. assuming I got an older rev, these should be able
to see at least 8 gigs, anyone know what entry I should use in format to get
8 gigs out of the drive? It's a Fujitsu drive.

-Mike

Ken Hansen wrote:

> That's great - my Voyager will be very happy using a spare 4 or 6 gig HD!
>
> Ken
>
> Mike Nicewonger wrote on 6/29/01 1:37 pm:
>
> >Powerbook 1 will sell you just
> >the adapter. Last time I
> >checked it was $177
> >
> >Mike N
> >
> >On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, you
> >wrote:
> >> Wkere did you get *just*
> >the adapter? I have a
> >Voyager that could use
> >more space,  but not at $400
> >for 6.4 Gig
> >(http://www.powerbook1.co
> >m/)
> >>
> >> Ken
> >>
> >> Greg wrote:
> >>
> >> > > I experienced the
> >same limitation about a year
> >ago.  Evidently, the SCSI->IDE
> >> > > converters they use in
> >the SparcBook series were
> >designed before the advent
> >of
> >> > > LBA, which is the
> >addressing method that
> >modern IDE drives use that
> >allow them
> >> > > to exceed 8GB.  The
> >only way that I know of to
> >get around this problem is
> >> > > trying to find a
> >SCSI->IDE converter that is
> >LBA-enabled.  Frustrating,
> >isn't
> >> > > it?
> >> >
> >> > The current versions of
> >the exact same adapters
> >_do_ work for drives
> >> > larger than 8GB and, as
> >an added bonus, perform
> >better.
> >> >
> >> > Once I switched to using
> >the new adapter I was able to
> >growfs the
> >> > last UFS partition on my
> >disk to use the added space
> >beyond 8GB.
> >> > Did it while the file
> >system was mounted, too.
> >That's good stuff.
> >> >
> >> > -greg
> >> >
> >> >
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