[iyonix-support] Re: Harddrive Buying Help

On 30 Jan 2007, John wrote:
> snip
>>> or format it down to <128GB .. by altering the number of cylinders
>>> formatted
>>> 
>>
>> snip
>> 
>>> 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(!)
>> 
> 
> the limitation is part of the disc drive chip on the iyonix. the only
> way it will change for the current motherboards is by using a separate
> plugin pci based hard disc controller
> 

Intriguing coment John.

Is there such a board yet that works with the Iyonix?

If so, that's the answer to all my needs.


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