On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Chris Knadle <[email protected]>wrote:
> > 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. > > Well the drive that just died had a 120GB in it, and what you just mentioned about the BIOS limit sounds familiar. So maybe I'll just play it safe and grab the 160GB. Maybe I can see about getting one of those ultrabay attachments for a larger disk if I really want more storage. I've never needed the CD drive in this machine other than when I'm putting on an OS. Thanks! -- John D. Mort http://john.mort.net
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