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- From: jsev@midland.co.nz (John Severinsen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: 9GB SCSI II Controller Card for the A3000?
- Date: 20 Feb 1996 11:17:04 GMT
- Organization: Midland Internet Limited, Network Services
- Message-ID: <1081.6625T11T780@midland.co.nz>
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- On 14-Feb-96 05:44:18 (Msg ID: <4fqili$gt5@serpens.rhein.de>), Michael van
- Elst wrote:
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- >There is a limit in the interface between filesystem and driver.
- >This limit is 4GB.
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- >This interface needs to be improved. There was already a specification
- >for an enhanced interface (using 64bit addresses instead of 32bit
- >addresses) but AFAIK it was never published nor implemented.
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- >A short term solution to the problem is the giga.device (on Aminet).
- >It simulates multiple drives by partitioning the disk on the device
- >level.
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- I also just saw on AmiNet the following (disk/misc):
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- disk/misc/giga171.lha 6K Device to use harddisks bigger than 4GB. V1.71
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- Might be worth a looksey.
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- John Severinsen |- J.R.R. Tolkien
- jsev@midland.co.nz |
- <tsb>Thor 2.22, 21-Feb-96 00:07:55
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- Lasers to measure the distance to the moon? Use a ruler!
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