Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 7 Dec 1999 18:20:51 +0100 | From | Guest section DW <> | Subject | Re: over 5Gb missing from a 13.5Gb disk |
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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.
Nonsense. All large disks will show RawCHS=16383/16/63, entirely independent of the BIOS (which is not involved at all). It is the ATA standard.
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