[iyonix-support] Re: Harddrive Buying Help

In article <45BF0EC1.6010607@xxxxxxxxxx>,
   John Ballance <jwb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi

> David J. Ruck wrote:
> > Ron <iyonix@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> >> In message <4ead1c4e92list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>           list@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >>
> >>> What should I be careful of when buying a harddrive for the
> >>> Iyonix?
> > 
> > Just avoid anything over 128GB, as over that size the machine wont
> > use the fast UDMA access, and revert to PIO at a tenth of the speed.
>
> or format it down to <128GB .. by altering the number of cylinders
> formatted

Yes, this is what APDL offer among their range of hard drives.

> ATM iyonix ship mainly with maxtor 80 or 160gb(formatted down).

Ah, that's a change from the 120 GB drive that was supplied with mine.

Now, I suspect some on this list are wondering what I have wondered,
which is: will this limit be able to be overcome one day?  Is it a
limitation built into the OS, which could therefore be changed one day,
or is it a hardware limitation that would need a re-designed motherboard
(so would be possible only in future models)?  I cannot recall this ever
being explained -- though, at my age, my memory could be failing(!)

-- 
John Ward in Medway, Kent - using RISC OS since 1987
Now using an Iyonix, an A9home, 2 RiscPCs and Virtual-RPC!
Acorn/RISC OS web page: www.john-ward.org.uk/personal/john/computers

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