Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261907AbUDCT6r (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Apr 2004 14:58:47 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261918AbUDCT6r (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Apr 2004 14:58:47 -0500 Received: from mail.gmx.de ([213.165.64.20]:6299 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261907AbUDCT6p (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Apr 2004 14:58:45 -0500 X-Authenticated: #294883 Message-ID: <406F1771.9080109@gmx.de> Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2004 21:58:41 +0200 From: Hans-Georg Esser User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; de-AT; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040113 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brian Jackson CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.4.20 and 2.4.21, Firewire, 160 GB Harddisk, 134 GB barrier References: <406EC833.4080909@gmx.de> <200404031053.41975.brian@brianandsara.net> In-Reply-To: <200404031053.41975.brian@brianandsara.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.83.2.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 988 Lines: 27 Brian Jackson wrote: >>>My drive (Western Digital WD1600BB-32DWA0) works well when directly >>>connected to the IDE controller, but doesn't like using an external >>>firewire connection ("Pyro 1394 Drive Kit" of Adstech.com). The firewire [...] > The more likely scenario is that the bridge chip in said box doesn't support > the larger drive and is the limiting factor. > > --Brian Jackson Ouch, yes. I tried it with an Apple Mac (with OS X), same problem. Sorry, I completely didn't suspect the hardware to cause the problem, the firewire drive kit is only four months old... Thanks, Hans-Georg -- Hans-Georg E?er - http://privat.hgesser.com - Tel. 089 99248380 GPG Fingerprint: F319 10C0 76E2 DAAD DDFA F017 4CAD BB99 A4A9 9E53 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/