Installation

3.7TECHNIQUES IN DRIVE CONFIGURATION

3.7.1Operating system limitations

Most popular operating systems available today have additional limitations which affect the use of large capacity drives. However, these limitations can not be corrected on the BIOS and it is up to the operating system manufacturers to release improved versions to address these problems.

Table 3-4Logical Addressing Format

MODELS

INTERFACE

MAX LBA

CAPACITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6L080PO

ATA/133

160,086,528

80GB

 

 

 

 

6L100PO

ATA/133

195,813,072

100GB

 

 

 

 

6L120PO

ATA/133

240,121,728

120GB

 

 

 

 

6L160P0

ATA/133

320,173,056

160GB

 

 

 

 

6L200P0

ATA/133

398,297,088

200GB

 

 

 

 

6L250R0

ATA/133

490,234,752

250GB

 

 

 

 

6L300R0

ATA/133

586,114,704

300GB

 

 

 

 

To match the logical specifications of the drive to the drive type of a particular BIOS, consult the system’s drive-type table. This table specifies the number of cylinders, heads, and sectors for a particular drive type.

Boot the system using the operating system installation disk—for example, MS-DOS—then follow the installation instructions in the operating system manual.

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