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is 128GB the size limit from my lacie firewire case? - thekingofboggle - 02-09-2008
i just bought a 500GB ata drive to put in an older Lacie (D2) case. when i booted up with the bigger drive in the lacie case and reformatted it, it only shows up as 128GB is this the maximum that i will be able to get out of the lacie case?
here's the info from system profiler:
LaCie 1394 Disk drive LUN 0:
Manufacturer: LaCie Group SA
Model: 0x0
GUID: 0xD04B2814056800
Maximum Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec
Connection Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec
Sub-units:
LaCie 1394 Disk drive LUN 0 Unit:
Unit Software Version: 0x10483
Unit Spec ID: 0x609E
Firmware Revision: 0x32
Product Revision Level: 3.AA
Sub-units:
LaCie 1394 Disk drive LUN 0 SBP-LUN:
Capacity: 128 GB
Removable Media: Yes
BSD Name: disk6
Mac OS 9 Drivers: No
Partition Map Type: APM (Apple Partition Map)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Not Supported
Volumes:
LappyPal:
Capacity: 127.87 GB
Available: 127.8 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk6s3
Mount Point: /Volumes/LappyPal
Re: is 128GB the size limit from my lacie firewire case? - Racer X - 02-09-2008
maybe. see if LaCie has a firmware updater for the bridgeboard to see larger drives. That case must be over 5 years old if it can't se big drives.
Re: is 128GB the size limit from my lacie firewire case? - JoeH - 02-10-2008
If not the case, check the drive to see if it has a jumper to limit the size reported so it will be compatible with older systems.
Re: is 128GB the size limit from my lacie firewire case? - hal - 02-10-2008
LappyPal?
Re: is 128GB the size limit from my lacie firewire case? - OWC Larry - 02-11-2008
Nada we can do for a LaCie enclosure.... Not aware of any jjumpers or firmware available to change them. I'd guess the enclosure is:
A> from before 2003, in which case - that predates industry standard LBA for over 128GB
B> purchased after, but built to limit by LaCie in which case nothing they've put out there that would adjust that.