On Sat, December 18, 2010 8:07 am, John Mort wrote: > On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 7:59 AM, Sean Dague <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 12/17/2010 11:00 PM, John Mort wrote: >> >>> I had a 120GB HDD in this machine, and see that I can get a 1TB HDD >>> from >>> newegg for $100. If the linode doesn't perform then I was thinking of >>> going that route. I was just wondering if anyone knew of any HDD size >>> limitations on older machines? I can't find anything about it, but the >>> largest HDD I can find that state T23 compatibility are 160GB, so I >>> thought I'd check to see if anyone here knew one way or another. >>> >> >> What's the drive? I'd be more concerned that the T23 predates SATA, and >> a >> 1TB drive is definitely going to be SATA. >> >> -Sean >> >> > Heh, I was just firing up my e-mail to point out I just realised that. > That > makes the biggest drive I can get a 320GB. I just remember reading > something years ago about thinkpads being picky about what kind of hard > drives they'll accept, but I can't find anything on it now. I think I > might > just grab the 320GB and see what happens.
Some older Pentium III hardware had limits to using 160 GB hard disks for booting because of the BIOS. And before that, back in the Pentium II days there were limits of about 40 GB for the boot disk because of the BIOS. Once either of these are /booted/ into /Linux/ which doesn't use the BIOS, then the /other/ disks can be bigger. So be careful... the 320 GB disk *might* work or might not; the T23 might be old enough that it really has a 160 GB limit due to the BIOS. If you do find that it has that limit, I suppose you could boot it from CD or USB to get around that, but ... that would kinda suck to have to do. -- Chris -- Chris Knadle [email protected] _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Jan 5 - Building a Community Site with Drupal Feb 2 - Zimbra Mar 2 - MHVLUG 8th Anniversary - Show and Tell
