On Wed, May 06, 1998 at 10:47:55PM -0400, Fred Whipple wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have an old Digital 486DX33 low profile box that I'd like to use Linux
> with... the problem is it has a standard IDE disk controler on-board.
> It can't see all of a larger EIDE disk, and I need at least 2GB to use.
> I assume the 500MB limitation is in the old IDE controler and adding a
> SCSI card would cure that problem. Anyone know of a good ISA SCSI card
> that works well with Linux, or, better, where I could get one? Haven't
> seen any on any Web sites that sell relatively new equipment..
>
> Any ideas on how to get the old box to see all 2GB of an EIDE disk I
> have would also do the trick.
You can do it with IDE, don't need SCSI. There is a HOWTO (and/or perhaps
also a mini-HOWTO) on the topic of large IDE drives that shows you
how to manage such a system.
Fred
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