JBOD Volume Size Limitation?

I am running Win98se and am planning to add a multichannel ATA raid
controller with 8x250gb drives as a single JBOD array. I am trying to
determine whether the known FDISK and/or FORMAT limitations of 137gB will
come into play here.

According to the Win98se resource kit FAT32 can address upto 2tB volumes,
but this is a bit pointless if you can't partition/format the drives this
large. I am hoping that the raid controller and its drivers get around this
problem somehow and it has its own partitioning/formatting programs as part
of the raid software.

The controller is a Highpoint Rocketraid 454 and I am seeking this info from
the manufacturer, but am getting little joy here.

Thanks in advance for any help offered.
Malcolm Dowers

Just because FAT supports a certain drive size doesn't mean that Windows can
handle drives of that size. The FDISK and FORMAT problems relate to
partitions, not drives. If you keep the clusters per partition within the
limits of these programs then you won't have a problem. The other option is
to use third party utilities for these tasks.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Malcolm Dowers" Malcolm wrote in message
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I am running Win98se and am planning to add a multichannel ATA raid
controller with 8x250gb drives as a single JBOD array. I am trying to
determine whether the known FDISK and/or FORMAT limitations of 137gB will
come into play here.

According to the Win98se resource kit FAT32 can address upto 2tB volumes,
but this is a bit pointless if you can't partition/format the drives this
large. I am hoping that the raid controller and its drivers get around
this
problem somehow and it has its own partitioning/formatting programs as
part
of the raid software.

The controller is a Highpoint Rocketraid 454 and I am seeking this info
from
the manufacturer, but am getting little joy here.

Thanks in advance for any help offered.
Malcolm Dowers