[Leaplist] FAQ - 500gb IDE drive in P2/400 system?

[patrick]

Damien McKenna wrote:
> Quick question that I can't remember the answer to - would a 500gb drive
> work in a P2/400 system with Linux (2.6 kernel)?  I'm thinking of
> skipping Solaris and going with OpenFiler just for plug 'n play ease of
> use. Don't worry, I'm going to replace the PSU with a good quality
> Thermaltake 500W jobby.
> 
> --Damien McKenna - Husband, father, geek.
> damien at mc-kenna.com - http://www.mc-kenna.com/
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Though the BIOS in many PII boards would be limited to addressing 137MB,
  I have large drives in place on Promise controller cards.

They work well.  We had this discussion in 2006, and in 2005, on these
boards, also.