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

[Mike Nicewonger]

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.com/)
> 
> 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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