Subject: RE: largest disk in a vs4000/90
To: None <port-vax@NetBSD.org>
From: Antonio Carlini <arcarlini@iee.org>
List: port-vax
Date: 07/18/2003 19:57:45
> Boot? Someone else will have to let you know about whether 
> the 4000/90 has issues with the size / location of the boot slice.

It does not have the 1.073GB problem. I've never tried anything
bigger than 4GB in one, because that's all I have SCSI-wise.
The largest DEC SCSI drive likely to have been qualified would
have been the 8GB ones. The 1.073GB problem was fixed by
moving from 6 byte to 10 byte commands (i.e. 21 bits for LBN
to 32 bits for the LBN). This should give a maximum disk
size of 2TB or so. However, the last time I posted this
calculation, someone else claimed that there was a
different restriction in the console firmware. I guess
a few years from now we'll be able to see where the
limit really is.

Antonio
 
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Antonio Carlini             arcarlini@iee.org