Subject: Re: VAXStation 4000/90 Hard drive options
To: Mark Wickens <m.wickens@rhodium-consulting.com>
From: Jan-Benedict Glaw <jbglaw@lug-owl.de>
List: port-vax
Date: 08/02/2004 15:55:34
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On Mon, 2004-08-02 14:25:52 +0100, Mark Wickens <m.wickens@rhodium-consulti=
ng.com>
wrote in message <200408021425.52464.m.wickens@rhodium-consulting.com>:
> I'd like to know what the maximum drive size is that I can attach to my V=
AX.
> I've never been given a definitive answer, but many people appear to have=
 had
> success with drives larger than those 'officially' declared supported. I =
will
> be running OpenVMS.

This isn't a difinitive answer either, but my experience with my 90A
machine. I got that with IIRC a 8GB drive, which was mis-detected (in
size) by the installed firmware. However, I was able to properly
partition / format / mount that drive with NetBSD (though, partitioning
it with vi re-introduced me into C/H/S math :)

MfG, JBG

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