Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 20 Aug 1998 23:48:36 -0500 (CDT) | From | "Andre M. Hedrick" <> | Subject | Re: lilo problem with 2.1.x kernels |
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On Thu, 20 Aug 1998, Thomas "Recent-Mutt-Convert" Vaughan wrote:
Please explain in detail.........I am trying to stand in for Mark and Gadi.
What is the LBA translation that the BIOS reports? What are you passing through your append="" line in lilo.conf? Did you setup the driver with a LBA translation when you partitioned?
I have never had lilo or fdisk fail.
> What I have noticed is that the IDE driver for the 2.1.x series is > associated with fdisk's and lilo's failure to obtain the hard drive's > real geometry. My hard drive has something like 8390 cylinders, but fdisk > is all confused about an apparent disagreement between 8390/16 logical > cylinders and 8390/8 physical cylinders unless I boot with a 2.0.x kernel. > I believe that lilo also fails with 2.1.x for a similar reason.
Cheers, Andre Hedrick Dyer Observatory Vanderbilt University
Below are fdisk, hdparm, and lilo reports.
root@Orion% fdisk -v fdisk v2.1 (>4GB)
root@Orion% fdisk Using /dev/hda as default device!
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 784 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 1 128 1028128+ 83 Linux native /dev/hda2 129 129 179 409657+ 83 Linux native /dev/hda3 180 180 332 1228972+ 83 Linux native /dev/hda4 333 333 784 3630690 83 Linux native
root@Orion% hdparm -i /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Model=QUANTUM FIREBALL ST6.4A, FwRev=A0F.0800, SerialNo=85673149 Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs } RawCHS=13328/15/63, TrkSize=32256, SectSize=512, ECCbytes=4 BuffType=3(DualPortCache), BuffSize=81kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16 DblWordIO=no, maxPIO=2(fast), DMA=yes, maxDMA=2(fast) CurCHS=13328/15/63, CurSects=12594960 LBA CHS=784/255/63 Remmapping, LBA=yes, LBAsects=12594960 tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: sword0 sword1 sword2 mword0 mword1 mword2 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4 UDMA modes: mode0 mode1 *mode2
(Modified version of hdparm-3.3 for extra reporting)
root@Orion% lilo -v LILO version 20, Copyright 1992-1997 Werner Almesberger
Reading boot sector from /dev/hda Merging with /boot/boot.b Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz Added linux * Boot image: /boot.test/vmlinuz Added test Boot image: /boot.91/vmlinuz Added 91 Boot image: /boot.35/vmlinuz Added 35 Boot image: /boot.35-J9/vmlinuz Added J9 Boot image: /boot.36/vmlinuz Added 36 Boot image: /boot.34/vmlinuz Added 34 /boot/boot.0300 exists - no backup copy made. Writing boot sector.
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