Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 7 Feb 2001 17:38:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 7 Feb 2001 17:38:28 -0500 Received: from theirongiant.zip.net.au ([61.8.0.198]:6660 "EHLO theirongiant.weebeastie.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 7 Feb 2001 17:38:15 -0500 Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 09:37:46 +1100 From: CaT To: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: suspecious ide hdparm results with 2.4.1 (and a minor capacity question) Message-ID: <20010208093746.A365@zip.com.au> In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl on Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 06:44:34PM +0100 Organisation: Furball Inc. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 06:44:34PM +0100, Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote: > > It's currently in LBA mode (I believe) and that, to my knowledge, > > wastes the most space. > > There are two entirely different things both called LBA. > Neither of them wastes any space. You sure? I admit to not having much knowledge of this but BIOS always reports different sized for LBA, NORMAL and LARGE. This is what I'm referring to. -- CaT (cat@zip.com.au) *** Jenna has joined the channel. speaking of mental giants.. me, a giant, bullshit And i'm not mental - An IRC session, 20/12/2000 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/