Re: Large drive support (IDE/SCSI)

[Leif Pedersen <bilbo@hobbiton.org>]

> -  What's the largest IDE hard drive capacity OpenBSD can handle? 

16 kilo-tera-bytes I believe, not sure.

>      However, not too long ago someone posted about having trouble with a
>      20-some-odd gig drive.

They have a stupid BIOS.

> -  What's the largest SCSI hard drive capacity OpenBSD can handle? 

Presumably the same.

>      Would I be able to use a 50gig SCSI drive with OpenBSD?  Under SPARC
>      and i386?

If the SCSI card's BIOS supports it OK.

> -  Finally, are there any special drive parameters that should be used
>    when setting up a large disk under OpenBSD?

No, unless your BIOS is stupid.  You can still use it anyway if your BIOS 
is stupid.