I think the ISD-300 from In-System/Cypress does what you're looking for. Matt
On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 12:44:57PM -0500, Greg Freemyer wrote: > 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 -- Matthew Dharm Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Maintainer, Linux USB Mass Storage Driver G: Baaap booop BAHHHP. Mir: 9600 Baud? Mik: No, no! 9600 goes baap booop, not booop bahhhp! -- Greg, Miranda and Mike User Friendly, 12/31/1998
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