SCSI controllers and Drive Size

source · 03 September 2009, 12:38

I am currently thinking of picking up an amiga 500 and wisk to know if all the SCSI controllers that plug into the expansion slot accept larger drives or are they restricted to small MByte range.

Jope · 03 September 2009, 12:44

Not all of them will support large drives..

Go for GVP, Commodore or Supra..

source · 03 September 2009, 14:12

If they don't support the larger drive, can you just format the larger drive to the size that the contoller will handle? ie. The buddah ide controller can only handle up to 120 gig drives, but you can use 160 gig drive just as long as you do not use up more than the first 120 gig.

Toni Wilen · 03 September 2009, 14:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by source

If they don't support the larger drive, can you just format the larger drive to the size that the contoller will handle? ie. The buddah ide controller can only handle up to 120 gig drives, but you can use 160 gig drive just as long as you do not use up more than the first 120 gig.

Unfortunately it isn't so simple.

Some freeze/crash, some work.. Some require latest boot ROM version.

rkauer · 03 September 2009, 20:28

As Toni said, those SCSI controllers are some way picky in what sizes they accept.

As a rule of thumb the older the controller is, more limited it is about what sizes it accepts.

Sizes goes from <512Mb (SCSI (6)), 8Gib (SCSI(10)) or more. So test the controller with a over-512Mb disk, if it works, the controller will run happily with disk up to 8Gb (not bad at all!). If the chosen file system will cope with the HD size is another matter...

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Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,861	Not all of them will support large drives.. Go for GVP, Commodore or Supra..

03 September 2009, 14:12	#3
source Zone Friend Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 734	If they don't support the larger drive, can you just format the larger drive to the size that the contoller will handle? ie. The buddah ide controller can only handle up to 120 gig drives, but you can use 160 gig drive just as long as you do not use up more than the first 120 gig.

03 September 2009, 20:28	#5
rkauer I hate potatos and shirts Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Sao Leopoldo / Brazil Age: 58 Posts: 3,482	As Toni said, those SCSI controllers are some way picky in what sizes they accept. As a rule of thumb the older the controller is, more limited it is about what sizes it accepts. Sizes goes from <512Mb (SCSI (6)), 8Gib (SCSI(10)) or more. So test the controller with a over-512Mb disk, if it works, the controller will run happily with disk up to 8Gb (not bad at all!). If the chosen file system will cope with the HD size is another matter...

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