4100 - LBA48 support - Page 3

blue68f100 · 01-08-2007, 09:40 AM

Krzee, is sending me the 4100 to play with. I was thinking the same direction toward FreeNAS to get away from this dead SnapOS. I just need to figure out away to make it load like a std BIOS boot loader. May not be a easy task with the OS stored in flashram.

Davesworld · 01-09-2007, 11:32 PM

For all intents and purposes, the flash ram as you call it, is still a hard drive and more accurately called a flash drive. I thought the 4100 was really a generic pc with a bios only headless without a console port, IE, a stripped down pc. The only pc hardware I know of that doesn't use a bios is the new Intel Macs but they aren't really considered pc's, this biosless concept was borrowed from the Itanium but we all know that a bios image can be used to fake out and run a pc x86 os on them ( the Macs). I know that no snap hardware is this advanced. I believe that you'll find the Intel Flash drive only contains the os installed with a bootloader on its mbr like any mechanical drive would have.

bitor · 01-18-2007, 01:04 PM

Greetings:

Hello I was reading this forum and saw that this link might help anybody concerning circuit board repair and rework. Hope it helps everybody. http://www.circuittechctr.com/guides/guides.shtml

Sincerely,
bitor

wallonthefly · 01-25-2007, 10:10 AM

Any new news on this? Just following up.

blue68f100 · 01-25-2007, 01:28 PM

Prelimatary, looks like the 4100 does not have enough room in the flashram to hold what is required for 48bit processing. The person looking into it got busy and has not had the time to get back on it.

jaylweb · 02-28-2007, 07:15 PM

*BUMP*

Quote:

Originally Posted by blue68f100

Prelimatary, looks like the 4100 does not have enough room in the flashram to hold what is required for 48bit processing. The person looking into it got busy and has not had the time to get back on it.

It's been a month. Have they had time yet?

While you guys are poking around, any ideas what the IDE header is for? Flash IDE perhaps?

Phoenix32 · 02-28-2007, 07:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaylweb

*BUMP*

It's been a month. Have they had time yet?

While you guys are poking around, any ideas what the IDE header is for? Flash IDE perhaps?

cbaker391 had some additional information to what you were looking for in this thread

http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=11356

Harbinger · 03-29-2007, 02:03 PM

Am I mistaken, or did I read (in one of the many posts on this subject) that Adaptec supplied drive replacements for dead drives that were larger than the originals, and had some "code" or program on them to make them work? I'm just wondering if it's something like DIsk Manager for older machines, that put code in the rootblocks of the drive that bypasses the BIOSes preset drive types.

blue68f100 · 03-29-2007, 03:17 PM

Not on the 4100.

The utility is to adjust the capacity down to match the installed drives. Most mfg supply a disk utility for doing this.

01-08-2007, 09:40 AM	#51
blue68f100 Thermophile Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Plano, TX Posts: 3,135	Re: 4100 - LBA48 support Krzee, is sending me the 4100 to play with. I was thinking the same direction toward FreeNAS to get away from this dead SnapOS. I just need to figure out away to make it load like a std BIOS boot loader. May not be a easy task with the OS stored in flashram. __________________ 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

01-09-2007, 11:32 PM	#52
Davesworld Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Seattle, Wa Posts: 45	Re: 4100 - LBA48 support For all intents and purposes, the flash ram as you call it, is still a hard drive and more accurately called a flash drive. I thought the 4100 was really a generic pc with a bios only headless without a console port, IE, a stripped down pc. The only pc hardware I know of that doesn't use a bios is the new Intel Macs but they aren't really considered pc's, this biosless concept was borrowed from the Itanium but we all know that a bios image can be used to fake out and run a pc x86 os on them ( the Macs). I know that no snap hardware is this advanced. I believe that you'll find the Intel Flash drive only contains the os installed with a bootloader on its mbr like any mechanical drive would have.

01-18-2007, 01:04 PM	#53
bitor Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: USA Posts: 257	Re: 4100 - LBA48 support Greetings: Hello I was reading this forum and saw that this link might help anybody concerning circuit board repair and rework. Hope it helps everybody. http://www.circuittechctr.com/guides/guides.shtml Sincerely, bitor

01-25-2007, 10:10 AM	#54
wallonthefly Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: USA Posts: 17	Re: 4100 - LBA48 support Any new news on this? Just following up.

01-25-2007, 01:28 PM	#55
blue68f100 Thermophile Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Plano, TX Posts: 3,135	Re: 4100 - LBA48 support Prelimatary, looks like the 4100 does not have enough room in the flashram to hold what is required for 48bit processing. The person looking into it got busy and has not had the time to get back on it. __________________ 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

03-29-2007, 02:03 PM	#58
Harbinger Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Dreamland Posts: 37	Re: 4100 - LBA48 support Am I mistaken, or did I read (in one of the many posts on this subject) that Adaptec supplied drive replacements for dead drives that were larger than the originals, and had some "code" or program on them to make them work? I'm just wondering if it's something like DIsk Manager for older machines, that put code in the rootblocks of the drive that bypasses the BIOSes preset drive types.

03-29-2007, 03:17 PM	#59
blue68f100 Thermophile Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Plano, TX Posts: 3,135	Re: 4100 - LBA48 support Not on the 4100. The utility is to adjust the capacity down to match the installed drives. Most mfg supply a disk utility for doing this. __________________ 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

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