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From: "Ted Goodridge
To: axp-list@××××××.com, debian-alpha@××××××.org, gentoo-alpha@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-alpha] Largest IDE hard drive supported by internal connector
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 23:50:24
Message-Id: opsed655qgntsrsl@defiant
1 Please CC me directly as I am offlist...
2
3 I have been tempted to put a laptop IDE hard drive in my multia...but I
4 was concerned about 2 issues:
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6 1) I remember a while back when there was a limit to the size of a drive
7 a bios could see, and effectively use. Does such a limit exist on the
8 onboard controller, and if so, what is it?
9
10 2) What cable/connector would be required to make this work?
11
12 Thanks in advance,
13 Ted
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