Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 05 Dec 1999 22:41:02 -0500 | From | "Kristofer T. Karas" <> | Subject | Re: over 5Gb missing from a 13.5Gb disk |
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Wichert Akkerman wrote:
>I'm having a problem with a new IBM IDE disk I just bought >Model=IBM-DJNA-371350, FwRev=J76OA30K, SerialNo=GM0GM088910 >Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs } >RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=34 ^^^^^^^^^^^
There's your problem. The number of cylinders is here is causing problems, as it is clamped to 2^14. Most BIOSes let you lower this number by increasing the number of phony heads to 255. With heads set to 255, your CHS values would be 1650/255/63, which the BIOS and FDISK (and thence the kernel) will understand. Try playing around with the disk geometry parameters in your BIOS to change the large/normal/lba setting until you achieve those values. (But note: if you have Windoze installed, you'll need to back up your disk and reinstall, as it changes the mappings!)
Kris
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