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DateWed, 4 Sep 2002 12:21:56 +0200
FromRogier Wolff <>
SubjectRe: 2.4.20-pre4-ac1 trashed my system
On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 05:00:58PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Unfortunately you've said you are using a 40GB drive and something other
> > than a Promise controller so your situation may be a different problem.
> 
> The 40Gb drives may well be trying to pick LBA48, but LBA48 works on the
> Intel hardware

The maxtor drives

	XxYYYyZ

where 
	X is a number
	x is a letter
	YYY is the capacity (040 for a 40G)
	y is a letter
	Z is a number. 

When Z = 2, the disk is single platter, and COULD have been 4 times as
large by adding three more platters. That adds up to 160G so the 

Xy040z2 drives will certainly do LBA48. 

				Roger. 

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