Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 25 Mar 2000 20:44:37 -0600 | From | David Elliott <> | Subject | Re: Cylinder limits jumper for drives over 32GB |
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Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote:
> > My current understanding: > > > > (i) The drive reports geometry 16383/16/63 and 80041248 sectors > > (ii) With J46 jumper it reports 4092/16/63 and 80041248 sectors > > (iii) After running JUMPON.EXE the report still is 16383/16/63 and 80041248. > > (iv) After running JUMPON.EXE and with jumper it is 16383/16/63 and 66055248. > > Well actually, the drive reports 65531/16/63 > > No, it doesn't. > Do not confuse the Linux kernel CHS with the disk identify data CHS.
DOH! In any case, I can verify 1, 3, and 4, but not two. I did actually have the drive in another computer before running jumpon and with the cylinder limits on. I never tested Linux on it though so I have no idea what the physical geometry was reported as (the BIOS translated the 66055248 sectors to 4111*255*63 though, same as my BIOS).
I will try that hack you described and get back to you. Right now I went ahead and put the drive in and I am just real carefull not to span a partition accross that 32 GB mark. (my linux partition ends on cylinder 4111).
-Dave
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