Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 26 Dec 2001 17:33:07 +0100 | From | Stephan von Krawczynski <> | Subject | Re: 2.4.x kernels, big ide disks and old bios |
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On Tue, 25 Dec 2001 19:09:22 -0000 "James Stevenson" <mail-lists@stev.org> wrote:
> Hi > > i have the same problem weith a 40GB disk > its not a linux problem but a bios / disk problem > > my workaround: > > dont set the jumper on the disk to make it look smaller. > this however will stop it working in the bios so you need to > disable the disk in the bios completly and turn off the ide > auto detection process in the bios this is because it will > probably hang if you try to use it :) > > linux will then pick the disk up from the ide controller.
I tried this one some time ago, and had to find out, that I was not able to write to the upper cylinders of the disk. You can check this out _before_ using the drive via dd from /dev/zero to your /dev/drive and look at the results.
Regards, Stephan
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