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blue68f100 · 02-12-2006, 11:39 AM

These units can not be upgrade to large disk (>137gig).

The problem has been tracked back to the Promise Controller used.

The Latest and Last BIOS released for the 4100 is 2.4.437.

The BIOS has locked out LBA48bit addressing, needed for large disk support.

At this time there is NO work around.

02-12-2006, 11:39 AM	#1
blue68f100 Thermophile Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Plano, TX Posts: 3,135	Attention 4100 & PV705 Users These units can not be upgrade to large disk (>137gig). The problem has been tracked back to the Promise Controller used. The Latest and Last BIOS released for the 4100 is 2.4.437. The BIOS has locked out LBA48bit addressing, needed for large disk support. At this time there is NO work around. __________________ 1 Snap 4500 - 1.0T (4 x 250gig WD2500SB RE), Raid5, 1 Snap 4500 - 1.6T (4 x 400gig Seagates), Raid5, 1 Snap 4200 - 4.0T (4 x 2gig Seagates), Raid5, Using SATA converts from Andy Link to SnapOS FAQ's http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=13820