On Mon, 30 Aug 2004, Antonio Carlini wrote:
> The only reason I can think of for a 4GB limit being quoted
> is that at the time that the MicroVAX 3100-30/40 were
> released the RZ29 (4GB drivce) was the largest supplied
> by DEC. So it's possible that they never qualified anything
> else (and the largest I know of DEC releasing was the 9GB
> RZ1D or some such).
Correct, I run them with various 9GB drives, and have no problems
with them. Of course, the *operating system* may also impose disk
size limits, and/or partition limits. Worst case, one will have
to partition a large drive into several smaller ones to make full
use of that drive.
Fred
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