Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 6 Dec 1999 17:43:15 -0500 (EST) | From | Jyan-Min Fang <> | Subject | Re: over 5Gb missing from a 13.5Gb disk |
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check this URL
http://www.storage.ibm.com/techsup/hddtech/djna/djnades.htm
look at the logical layout section.
Bottom line: you need to change the CHS to, either 1650/255/63 or 26310/16/63.
Jyan-Min Fang
On Sun, 5 Dec 1999, Kristofer T. Karas wrote:
> 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 > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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