Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 9 Dec 2000 12:12:31 +0200 (IST) | From | Dan Aloni <> | Subject | Re: Big IDE HD unclipping and IBM drive |
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On Fri, 8 Dec 2000, Matan Ziv-Av wrote:
> Hi, > > I have an IBM drive, DTLA-307075 (75GB), and a bios that hangs with > large disks. I use a jumper to clip it to 32GB size, so the bios can > boot into linux. The problem is that WIN_READ_NATIVE_MAX returns 32GB, > and not the true size, and even trying to set the correct size with > WIN_SET_MAX fails. Is there a way to use this combination (Bios, HD, > Linux)?
I had the exact same problem. Jumper-clipping doesn't work, so the solution to this problem is applying the IDE patch to the kernel (www.linux-ide.org), and then use IBM's Disk Manager utilities to software-clip the drive (don't set the jumper).
Software-clipping does exactly the same as hardware clipping, except that a jumper isn't involved, and the drive can be clipped back to full capacity. Each drive has a flash memory is once you do it you don't have to do it again.
-- Dan Aloni dax@karrde.org
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