From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269249AbUIIAHe (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Sep 2004 20:07:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269248AbUIIAHe (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Sep 2004 20:07:34 -0400 Received: from out008pub.verizon.net ([206.46.170.108]:11709 "EHLO out008.verizon.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269221AbUIIAFd (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Sep 2004 20:05:33 -0400 From: Gene Heskett Reply-To: gene.heskett@verizon.net Organization: Organization: None, detectable by casual observers To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: New 200Gb disk Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 20:05:30 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 Cc: William Lee Irwin III , Bill Davidsen References: <20040908115746.GY3106@holomorphy.com> <20040908185818.GF3106@holomorphy.com> In-Reply-To: <20040908185818.GF3106@holomorphy.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200409082005.30274.gene.heskett@verizon.net> X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out008.verizon.net from [151.205.49.110] at Wed, 8 Sep 2004 19:05:30 -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wednesday 08 September 2004 14:58, William Lee Irwin III wrote: >On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 07:47:15AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: >>>> I intend to use this disk with amanda as a FILE repository to >>>> replace a failed tape changer. Are there any gotcha's I should >>>> be aware of. Running a 2.6.9-rc1-mm2 kernel ATM. Ext3 >>>> filesystems only. > >William Lee Irwin III wrote: >>> 25GB disks have been supported for a very long time. =) > >On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 02:50:15PM -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: >> I assume from the smiley that this is some kind of in-joke, since >> it's not obviously related to the question in the subject... Could >> you share it? Is this the joke about "three disks walk into a bar, >> a PATA, a SATA, and a SCSI..." or what? >> I assumed the OP had a legitimate question. > >25GB == 200Gb. 'B' is for "byte", 'b' is for "bit". My bad then wli, I should have written 200GB then. > >-- wli -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.25% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.