Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Fri, 26 Sep 1997 11:17:33 +0300 (IST) | | From | Gadi Oxman <> | | Subject | Re: LS120 IDE drive |
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On Thu, 25 Sep 1997, Graham Barr wrote:
> I would like to thank everyone who replied to me. Last night > I pulled 2.0.31-pre9 and the 10 patch. It compiled perfectly > and seems to work. However I do get the following message, > can anyone explain please ? > > hdb: 123822kB, 247644 blocks, 512 sector size > hdb: The drive reports both 126222336 and 126793728 bytes as its capacity > > Thanks & regards, > Graham. > > -- > The road to success is lined with many tempting parking spaces.
A small difference between the LBA (linear) and CHS (cylinder/heads/sector) capacities is common. The driver is currently using the smaller capacity (although it might be safe to use the LBA capacity unconditionally).
Gadi
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