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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!spcuna!ritz!ritz From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz) Subject: Re: DNS, FTP & Mail - for ISP References: <44mmsd$1lda@news.gate.net> <44ro0o$r9l@tzlink.j51.com> <450eem$335@news.hal-pc.org> <450tf7$4n0@tzlink.j51.com> <454bpu$eev@uriah.heep.sax.de> <459tpi$g6v@tzlink.j51.com> Organization: Mordor International Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 13:23:54 GMT X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Message-ID: <DG6nvu.7pE@ritz.mordor.com> Lines: 28 Louis Epstein (lepslog@j51.com) wrote: : J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote: : : Louis Epstein <lepslog@j51.com> wrote: : : >OK...where did you find a controller that handles a 9GB disk?The main ones : : >seem to stop at 8...which is why I ditched plans to use a 9 for news. : : : Why should a SCSI controller stop at 8 GB? : : : With 32-bit logical block numbers and the common value of 512 bytes : : per block, you can address : : : 2^(32+9) : : 2199023255552 : : : bytes, or : : : 2^(32+9)/(2^30) : : 2048 : : : gigabytes. : : Be that as it may,BusLogic and Adaptec are now making cards that can only : handle 8GB or smaller drives. Um, both the Adaptec 2940 and the Buslogic 946C will handle 9gb drives. Chris -- Christopher Mauritz | For info on internet access: ritz@mordor.com | finger/mail info@ritz.mordor.com OR Mordor International | http://www.mordor.com/ 201/212/718 internet access | Modem: (201)433-7343,(212)843-3451