2001-11-13 02:00:39

by Steven N. Hirsch

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Subject: fdisk doesn't know # of cylinders w/ 2.4.15pre2

I haven't seen any other reports of this, but fdisk is suddenly unable to
figure out the geometry of unpartitioned SCSI drives with 2.4.15pre2! It
comes up complaining that the number of cylinders must be set at the
expert menu.

If I reboot with 2.4.10-ac12 it works as it always did; assuming a
reasonable geometry and permitting me to partition the disk. Once
partitioned, it IS recognized correctly by the newer kernel.

Quite repeatable.

Steve



2001-11-13 07:25:56

by Guest section DW

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Subject: Re: fdisk doesn't know # of cylinders w/ 2.4.15pre2

On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 09:01:58PM -0500, Steven N. Hirsch wrote:

> I haven't seen any other reports of this, but fdisk is suddenly unable to
> figure out the geometry of unpartitioned SCSI drives with 2.4.15pre2!

Yes, broken in 2.4.15pre2, fixed in 2.4.15pre3.