Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262443AbTHUFic (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Aug 2003 01:38:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262448AbTHUFib (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Aug 2003 01:38:31 -0400 Received: from vladimir.pegasys.ws ([64.220.160.58]:10513 "EHLO vladimir.pegasys.ws") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262443AbTHUFia (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Aug 2003 01:38:30 -0400 Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 22:38:24 -0700 From: jw schultz To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 48-bit Drives Incorrectly reporting 255 Heads? Message-ID: <20030821053824.GA21451@pegasys.ws> Mail-Followup-To: jw schultz , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <88A7BC80FA2797498AF6D865CAD3EA43180E95@iceman.altiris.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <88A7BC80FA2797498AF6D865CAD3EA43180E95@iceman.altiris.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i X-Message-Flag: Boo! Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 828 Lines: 24 On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 01:31:08PM -0600, John Riggs wrote: > With the 2.4.20 kernel, I have a 40GB disk with 240 heads, with 48-bit I don't beleive that. 240 heads, baloney! Unless it is a very old drive it probably has 4 or 5 heads. Quite likely it has only 2 or 3. A 240 head drive would have to have multiple heads per surface or the stack of disks on the spindle would be about 5 feet tall. -- ________________________________________________________________ J.W. Schultz Pegasystems Technologies email address: jw@pegasys.ws Remember Cernan and Schmitt - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/