Messages in this thread | | | From | Andrzej Krzysztofowicz <> | Subject | Re: IDE on linux-2.4.18 (fwd) | Date | Mon, 11 Mar 2002 18:30:50 +0100 (CET) |
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> > I tried to install Linux-2.4.18 on a machine with IDE drives. > The machine ran fine with Linux-2.4.1. It won't mount the > root file-system because: > > hda: Cannot handle device with more than 16 heads giving up. > > That's a real nice help. The device has 1024 cylinders, 255 heads > and 63 sectors. This is 6,422 MB. An attempt to set 16 heads in > the BIOS will allow access to only 528 MB, which is wrong.
Old hd.o driver supports: - 1 IDE channel - only CHS mode (no LBA)
It can address disk up to 8 GB, but a kernel parameter hd=... is required if in is > 512 MB It can boot from 512 MB area at the disk beginning, i.e. the area that can be addressed by BIOS in this mode. ( /boot should be located there if using lilo )
> So what is the magic incantation necessary to get the IDE > subsystem to work like it used to?
Are you sure you need / want to use the old (ancient) driver ?
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