Are external (USB. Firewire) drives subject to the 137Gb limitation in Windows 98SE?

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I'm interested both in the "pre-packaged" drives and those which the
user can put in a shell kit.


Thanks!
 
If Windows 98se is subject to the 137GB limitations for regular drives
connected to the motherboard IDE controller, then I believe the same
would apply to external USB/Firewire drives.
 
Nope. It's strictly a feature of the firmware in the enclosure.

Anything with the Oxford 922 will not have the limitation.

| If Windows 98se is subject to the 137GB limitations for regular drives
| connected to the motherboard IDE controller, then I believe the same
| would apply to external USB/Firewire drives.
|
 
If the operating system has no notion of 48-bit LBA addressing, then
it doesn't matter what the enclosure is capable of.
 
Bullshit. All versions of Windows since NT 3.5 have 32-bit LBA. Windows 2003
introduced 64-bit.

This 28/48-bit crap only applies to ATA.

| If the operating system has no notion of 48-bit LBA addressing, then
| it doesn't matter what the enclosure is capable of.
|
| On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 16:24:36 -0800, "Eric Gisin" <[email protected]>
| wrote:
|
| >Nope. It's strictly a feature of the firmware in the enclosure.
| >
| >Anything with the Oxford 922 will not have the limitation.
| >
| >| >| If Windows 98se is subject to the 137GB limitations for regular drives
| >| connected to the motherboard IDE controller, then I believe the same
| >| would apply to external USB/Firewire drives.
| >|
| >
| >
|
 
The drives in those enclosures are ATA drives, not SCSI.
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Which is irrelevant as they appear to the system as IEEE 1394
devices, not ATA. So there are really two issues--the first is whether
the windows 1394 driver has a capacity limitation and the second is
whether the ATA-to-1394 bridge in the enclosure has a capacity
limitation.
 
Who appointed you the group's expert?

USB and Firewire are SCSI. Get a clue.

| The drives in those enclosures are ATA drives, not SCSI.
|
| On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 18:59:31 -0800, "Eric Gisin" <[email protected]>
| wrote:
|
| >Bullshit. All versions of Windows since NT 3.5 have 32-bit LBA. Windows
2003
| >introduced 64-bit.
| >
| >This 28/48-bit crap only applies to ATA.
| >
 
USB and Firewire are SCSI. Get a clue.
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What?
Whatever gave you this idea?
There are USB to ATA, SATA and SCSI bridges, all used in these devices.
In fact, we just bought a UBS to ATA for testing at work and we are doing
our own USB to SATA at some point.
 
Hmm,,,, looks like ther is not quite a consensus here. thanks anyway
all........................
 
There is if you've been here for a while.

You could just look up the answer in the data sheets too.

| Hmm,,,, looks like ther is not quite a consensus here. thanks anyway
| all........................
 
Tom said:
What?
Whatever gave you this idea?
Specifications?

There are USB to ATA, SATA and SCSI bridges,
Click to expand...

So what?
all used in these devices.
In fact, we just bought a UBS to ATA for testing at work and we are
doing our own USB to SATA at some point.
Click to expand...

So what?!
 
Andy said:
The drives in those enclosures are ATA drives, not SCSI.
Click to expand...

What part of
"Nope. It's strictly a feature of the firmware in the enclosure"
didn't you get exactly?
 
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