Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 8 Dec 1999 23:31:07 -0800 (PST) | From | Andre Hedrick <> | Subject | RE: over 5Gb missing from a 13.5Gb disk |
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On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, Prasanna Subash wrote:
> > Step 1: "I have the same problem" - be explicit. What is your problem? > > What are the kernel boot messages ("dmesg | grep hd")? > > What is your kernel version? What does "hdparm -I" say? > > > > (and don't think I have a memory - quote things you reply to) > > Below is the complete information. > Its a IBM-DJNA-351520 13.5 GB HDD running on a ABIT BE-6 motherboard. > The kernel is 2.2.10 ( SuSE 6.2 ) with a patch for the ABIT BE-6 which Andre > Hedrik gave me when he came to Atlanta. > > The primary master and secondary master have CDROM Drives on the > motherboard. ABIT BE-6 has a inbuilt UltraATA66 controller and my hdd is on > this. No distro at present recognises my hdd. Would any new distro be able > to solve this ?
Yes SuSE 6.3.
Welcome to SuSE Linux 6.3 (i386) - Kernel 2.2.13 (tty5).
> HOw to I use my entire hdd ?
That at is fixed also.
> HDD SPECIFICATIONS FROM IBM WEBSITE > > Sector size (bytes) 512 > Recording zones 12 > User cylinders 15,012 > Data heads 6 GMR > Disks 3 > Areal density > (max. GB/sq. > inch) 3.43 > Recording density > (max. KBPI) 218.6 > Track density > (TPI) 15,700 > > > HDPARM > > > hdparm -i /dev/hda > > /dev/hda: > > Model=IBM-DJNA-351520, FwRev=J56OA30K, SerialNo=G80GLW90 > Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs } > RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=34 > BuffType=3(DualPortCache), BuffSize=430kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16 > DblWordIO=no, maxPIO=2(fast), DMA=yes, maxDMA=2(fast) > CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=30033360 > tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: mword0 mword1 mword2 > IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4 > > hdparm -I /dev/hda > > /dev/hda: > > Model=BI-MJDAN3-1525 0 , FwRev=5JO63AK0, SerialNo= > > Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs } > RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=34 > BuffType=3(DualPortCache), BuffSize=430kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16 > DblWordIO=no, maxPIO=2(fast), DMA=yes, maxDMA=2(fast) > CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=30033360 > tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: mword0 mword1 mword2 > IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4 > > cat /proc/ide/hda/geometry > > physical 29795/16/63 > logical 1027/255/63
Andries, that was the %id %d isue in ide-proc.c And the 64-bit alignment error of the geometry when referenced agains drive->sect0.
> fdisk report > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hda1 * 1 595 4779306 b Win95 FAT32 > /dev/hda2 596 1000 3253162+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda3 1001 1027 216877+ 5 Extended > /dev/hda5 1001 1027 216846 82 Linux swap
Andre Hedrick The Linux IDE guy
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