Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262502AbTHUHmT (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Aug 2003 03:42:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262504AbTHUHmT (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Aug 2003 03:42:19 -0400 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust4.swan.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.4]:14747 "EHLO dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262502AbTHUHmP (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Aug 2003 03:42:15 -0400 Subject: Re: 48-bit Drives Incorrectly reporting 255 Heads? From: Alan Cox To: jw schultz Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20030821053824.GA21451@pegasys.ws> References: <88A7BC80FA2797498AF6D865CAD3EA43180E95@iceman.altiris.com> <20030821053824.GA21451@pegasys.ws> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1061451704.3044.8.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.3 (1.4.3-3) Date: 21 Aug 2003 08:41:45 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 587 Lines: 14 On Iau, 2003-08-21 at 06:38, jw schultz wrote: > 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. PC class hardware is all about layers of compatibility hacks. IDE "geometry" became fictional before 540Mb disks. Sectors/track etc is all made up too nowdays. - 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/