From: Bert Haskins (bhaskins_at_triton.net)
Date: Sat Jul 06 2002 - 13:01:03 EDT
I don't know about a 701c but I quite regularly use 20G and larger
HDs, in my TPs that have the 8.2G limit.
The trick is to format and partition them (using the 2.5/3.5 adapter) in
a machine that
dos not have the 8.2G limit.
Win98SE, 2K, and recent Linux distros have no problems using the whole
drive.
-- Bert
Jonathan Berry wrote:
> Is there a 7.5 GB FDB Travelstar drive? If so, could anybody
> provide a part number or a URL ?
>
> I was able to locate the FDB Travelstar drives at IBM's website
> (Hallelujah !) but not a 7.5 GB size.
>
> I am looking for a larger and quieter drive for old 701C
> computers. Previously the largest they would take (without
> on-disk management software) was 6.4 GB, perhaps because there
> were no laptop disks manufactured in the range of 6.4 to 8 (or
> is it 8.2 GB?), which may be the real limit for the 701C. A
> member of this list reported that a 7.5 GB works.
>
> --
> cheers
> Jonathan Berry
> http://www.islandnet.com/~jberry/ to know more than you want
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