From: Joel Lardizabal <chingmagaling_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 11:53:53 -0700

Hi Jurgen,

I don’t know if it right or wrong, but for some reason, my AJBR20 with the
latest Rockbox build works with the Seagate 160GB. I was able to transfer
files through USB 2.0 and 1.1 without any problems.

It shows in the INFO page that disk space is 149GB.

Regards,

Joel


-----Original Message-----
From: rockbox-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se [mailto:rockbox-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se] On
Behalf Of Jürgen Hestermann
Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 1:00 AM
To: Rockbox
Subject: Re: FOR SALE: 2.5" 120GB HDD

Hi Joel,

you wrote:
> No, Rockbox correctly identified the HDD.
> The IDE interface is an electrical interface. The 137GB barrier is more
of
> the limitation of the older ATA protocol. Newer ATA commands provide
48-bit
> LBA, breaking through the 137GB barrier. I also used Partition Magic 8.0
to
> format the drive in FAT32.

In November Linus Nielsen Feltzing wrote:
> Yes, it's physical. The USB ATA bridge chip can't do 48-bit addressing.
> The Rockbox ATA driver can easily be adapted to 48-bit addressing, but
> you won't be able to transfer any files via USB. :-(

The question now is: Is this wrong and it IS possible to use more than 137
GB?

Jürgen.
Received on 2006-06-10