Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 12 Oct 2004 10:02:26 -0500 | From | Matt Domsch <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.6.9-rc3-mm2] EDD: use EXTENDED READ command, add CONFIG_EDD_SKIP_MB |
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On Sat, Oct 09, 2004 at 01:13:58AM -0400, Chuck Ebbert wrote: > Matt Domsch wrote: > > > Then BIOS says you've got two more disks. > > Both disks 82 and 83 look remarkably small (20808 sectors each, > > ~10MB). > > Some Dell notebooks do this, IIRC. Try removing the HD from a Latitude > CPi or CPiA and then booting from a floppy distro like tomsrtbt (from > www.toms.net). It's been a while but that 20808 number looks awfully > familiar...
My Latitude CPiA does not exhibit this, both with a rather old BIOS and with the newest BIOS. I'd appreciate hearing of other systems that do though. If it's a common occurance, I should be able to deal with that as a special case.
Thanks, Matt
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