[ltp] 512 MB on a 770Z

[Tod Harter]

Interesting...

Kind of explains why win98 on my home machine refuses to see anything past 
2.1 gigs... 

IDE is so tiresome. Personally I don't see why we can't all be blessed with 
cheap SCSI drives. There seems no reason why they should cost a nickle more 
than IDE. 

On Friday 30 November 2001 14:53, you wrote:
> You can read up on the details of software limits on disk capacity here:
>
> <http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Large-Disk-HOWTO-4.html>
>
> Linux handles any currently-available capacity as of versions 2.2.14 and
> 2.3.21.
>
> However, notebook disks (that is, 2.5" disks) come in different
> thicknesses: anywhere from 8.5 mm to 14 mm, I think. Some notebooks
> cannot take the thicker disks; for example, the iBook can only handle
> up to 9 mm disks, I've heard. Given the huge size of the 770Z, it
> can probably handle any 2.5" disk available. My Travelstar 32GH
> (IBM-DJSA-232) is officially 12.5 mm, so I know that the 770Z can handle
> disks of at least that thickness.
>
>
>
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