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More info?)
On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 21:31:13 -0500, "Icebiker" <icebiker@ca.inter.net>
wrote:
>Thanx P2B
>
>I don't need RAID, it's just a home server to hold photos and music.
>
>So where do you find out this kind of stuff? 's not in the manual . . .
>
>/icebiker
>
>"P2B" <p2b@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>news:2FRnd.58351$Ho4.2003469@news20.bellglobal.com...
>>
>>
>> Icebiker wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I've got P3B-F MB that I'm thinking of turning into a file server (Linux
>>> + Samba).
>>
>> You might consider using RAID for a file server - and if you go that
>> route, disk size limitations of the motherboard BIOS will not be an issue.
>>
>>> How can I find out how big a hard drive I can put on this board? The
>>> manual doesn't say anything about maximum disk size. I'm hoping to be be
>>> able to use a 160G drive.
>>
>> P2B series boards max out at 128GB with the latest BIOS, and I *think*
>> P3B-F is the same. No doubt I'll be corrected if I'm mistaken...
>>
>>> TIA - icebiker
>
Icebiker:
My old and little used Win98SE system has a P3B-F. I forget what
the IDE HDD limit was but it never mattered since I used a Promise
ATA-66 controller card for my HDDs. Disc drives are on the motherboard
IDE controllers.
I use the same arrangement for my WinXP SP2 system (P4T533-C)
with a Promise Ultra133 controller card. These are not RAID cards. The
size of the HDDs isn't an issue.
These cards aren't expensive. Each card can handle 4 HDDs and you
can use more than one PCI card if you need more drives than that.
O/S's see it as a SCSI Device so you just have to set the Boot
Sequence accordingly. You have to hit F6 when prompted during a WinXP
install to load the controller card drivers from the floppy they
supply with the card.
Happy trails,