Problems with MBR hard disk 5 TB

[user57]

hmm for some reason i can only type a few words - i removed the links and it is still not doing it

edited for not can write the entire text

Edited April 17 by user57

[Cixert]

10 hours ago, user57 said:

hmm for some reason i can only type a few words - i removed the links and it is still not doing it

edited for not can write the entire text

The forum is not letting me put some links, fortunately write yes I can.
Nor does it let me edit if I add new links. It was good to correct it.

Edited April 17 by Cixert

[George King]

I think we should investigate how is done 16TB HDD support in XBOX 360. Maybe we can do something similar.

https://fatxplorer.eaton-works.com/2022/08/09/fatxplorer-3-0-beta-22-16-tb-xbox-360-internal-hdd-support-updated-usb-patches/

https://fatxplorer.eaton-works.com/2024/01/03/combined-xbox-360-xl-patches-now-available/

[user57]

9 hours ago, George King said:

I think we should investigate how is done 16TB HDD support in XBOX 360. Maybe we can do something similar.

 

https://fatxplorer.eaton-works.com/2022/08/09/fatxplorer-3-0-beta-22-16-tb-xbox-360-internal-hdd-support-updated-usb-patches/

 

 

https://fatxplorer.eaton-works.com/2024/01/03/combined-xbox-360-xl-patches-now-available/

they say it very clear : the sector size was increased from 512 to 4096 (4k) 

the question then is if the software writes correctly to to sector - or if the firmware on the hdd drive just translate 512 byte sectors to 4k sectors

but hardware wise i dont see the read/write hdd-head even has a such question - it is a wire that is held over the rund disc while the disc and the head moves around 

windows wise even in user mode it use that overlappended structure (and this one has 32 bit dwords (high and low part) what result in a 64 bit address room)  - drives make a good example why the 4 GB address room limit was already passed , because drives passed the 32 bit limit far ealier 

here comes the "pipe" question - a pipe simple says "do move me 4 gb 10 times" - pipe defined 

and thats not even what is happening for the hardware it cant move 4 gb so fast the hardware then it limited to like 10 mb/s (and actually need even far smaller pipes)

[archlinuxuser]

If you want MBR, then follow George King's patch. The best way is using GPT. MBR has support up to 2 terabytes. Which means, 2 2 terabyte drives. 1 1 terabyte drive.

[Cixert]

I have been working normally with this hard drive in MBR mode for more than a year with the oldest adapter USB Logilink AU0028 (without letter "A").
The problem is that the newest adapter versions are only able to correctly detect up to 4 TB.
Examining the adapter inside I see that Logilink is a brand and that the circuit is made by a different manufacturer.
In the past I updated the firmware and the maximum admitted in MBR decreased from 4 TB to 2 TB.

Edited August 17 by Cixert