Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 22 Aug 2004 23:51:21 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: PROBLEM: wrong IDE disk size |
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On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 12:45:35AM -0300, Alexandre wrote: > Hi, > > I installed two new SAMSUNG SP1203N (120GB) drives on the same IDE. > But, from the boot log: > > hdc: attached ide-disk driver. > hdc: host protected area => 1 > hdc: 234493056 sectors (120060 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=14596/255/63, > UDMA(100) > hdd: attached ide-disk driver. > hdd: host protected area => 1 > hdd: setmax_ext LBA 234493056, native 66055248 > hdd: 66055248 sectors (33820 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=4111/255/63, UDMA(100) > > So the second one get its capacity limited to ~33GB. I know there is a limit > of 34GB (CHS=4111/255/53) with older BIOSes and kernel, but i believe it > doesnt apply as the first drive got recognized properly. Also, i have > another 120 GB SEAGATE as hda working properly. (So the disk with wrong > capacity is the third IDE drive) > > I'm running kernel 2.4.25. CONFIG_IDEDISK_STROKE is off. > > Any ideas of what might be happening?
It looks like hdd's host protected area is enabled, and you need to turn on CONFIG_IDEDISK_STROKE to be able to access 100% of it.
Jeff
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