12000 large disk support?

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Originally Posted by sic0048

Any luck with getting the 12000 to format larger disks? I think there must be some versions that will allow this because according to the Adaptec web site - the Snap Server 12000 offers "Performance, capacity and availability in a simple, cost-effective NAS appliance. Up to 3TB of robust file storage for less than a penny per megabyte."

So their must be 12000's out there that will format up to 300gb drives.

Got another 12000 that is a bit newer than my first one (s/n 601437 vs s/n 30815). Its display and associated IC seem to be fried (601437). I can swap displays and everything else works fine. Are replacements displays available?

I also wanted to know if 48bitLBA works on any 12000? I have Snap OS ver 4.3.830 on both (going to a higher version craps both out) but the IDE 48 bit LBA hits: 0 has not changed no matter what I try. I am trying WD 250GB drives that had been formatted to full capacity in one of my 4000 Snap servers... Any suggestions on "breaking" the ~130GB limit?

Debug bios version:

Failsafe Bios Exists
Failsafe v3.2.664.FS Mon Jul 02 23:05:40 2001

Bios stamp v3.2.674 Tue Mar 12 14:29:10 2002

Plat Bytes 4.0.0

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Failsafe:
BackPlane HW Version = 2
BackPlane SW Revision = 1.4.2