I went with the 160GB HDD, which worked. I have my eye on an ultrabay HDD caddy on ebay, if I get that then I'll probably grab a 320GB HDD and see how the machine handles it before wiping it and using it as an onboard backup drive so I can try taking full-disk snapshots.
-- John D. Mort http://john.mort.net On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Chris Knadle <[email protected]>wrote: > On Wednesday, December 22, 2010 02:58:01 pm Allen wrote: > > On Sun, 2010-12-19 at 07:43 -0500, Chris Knadle wrote: > > > Okay, I've some more looking -- I think the 48-bit LBA issue is not > > > related to the particular problem I'm concerned about. The 48-bit LBA > > > limitation is 128 GiB (137 GB) and relates to a software level problem, > > > and what I'm concerned about is what I believe is a *hardware* > > > limitation related to chipset that I've run into on PIII desktop > > > hardware. > > > > > > > http://www.datarecovery.com.sg/data_recovery/large_disk_size_120gb_barrie > > > r_for_windows.htm > > > > The OP has probably already made his decision, but I'll post this just > > for the record. The referenced web page describes the "Intel Application > > Accelerator" software package. "Intel Application Accelerator" includes > > a driver which provides 48-bit LBA support on a PC where this support is > > not present on the BIOS. Intel Application Accelerator is only supported > > on a set of Intel chipsets, including the one on the T23. Intel > > Application Accelerator only runs under Windows. > > > > So, if the T23 BIOS does not support 48-bit LBA, and Chris has > > determined that no applicable BIOS upgrade is available, then in order > > to have a 1 TB HDD on a T23, OP must install Intel Application > > Accelerator and run Windows-only. > > Linux doesn't need the Intel Application Accelerator -- and only /older/ > versions of Windows would. Again, the problem here is that in order to > boot > at all, the BIOS has to be able to see the drive in order to start the boot > process. Linux doesn't use the BIOS, so once the system gets as far as > booting the Linux kernel, everything is fine. > > > > One thing to note in the page above however is that the Intel i830M > > > chipset is listed, which is what is used by the Thinkpad T23. I've > been > > > trying to find out what the 830M chipset's disk size limit is, but I > > > haven't found it. > > > > AFAIK, the chipset doesn't play a role in HDD size limits. > > You might be right, it's just difficult to verify that to be sure. > > If I was buying a hard disk, what I'd want is some kind of spec for the T23 > to > know that the disk would work and wouldn't have a problem -- but > unfortunately > I can't find something that says what the maximum hard disk size the T23 > can > accept. > > -- 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 >
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