Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261334AbVE2PBO (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 May 2005 11:01:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261335AbVE2PBN (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 May 2005 11:01:13 -0400 Received: from customer-200-33-143-226.uninet.net.mx ([200.33.143.226]:6672 "EHLO canela.sanfelipe.com.mx") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261334AbVE2PAv (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 May 2005 11:00:51 -0400 Subject: [OFF TOPIC]? Maxtor disk problem From: "Bob R. Taylor" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1117302005.3865.44.camel@ann.qtpi.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 22:17:33 -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2239 Lines: 71 Before I get any egg on my face by returning this disk, I am asking the IDE gurus opinion. I'm also sorry for bothering lkml. I'm running FedoraCore 2 on a Alpha LX164 box with 512M RAM. The on board IDE chip won't handle current IDE so I purchased a HighPoint Rocket133 and a Maxtor 120G drive. On boot, the kernel panics after probing the drive reporting "INVALID HEADS" etc. I then gave the kernel hde=noprobe option via SRM to boot the system after adding "alias block-major-33 ide-probe" to /etc/modprobe.conf. While fsdisk /dev/hde reports "unable to read /dev/hde", hdparm -I reports the following: /dev/hde: ATA device, with non-removable media Model Number: Maxtor CALYPSO Firmware Revision: YAR43KJZ Standards: Likely used: 1 Configuration: fixed drive Logical max current cylinders 0 0 heads 0 0 sectors/track 0 0 -- device size with M = 1024*1024: 0 MBytes device size with M = 1000*1000: 0 MBytes Capabilities: IORDY not likely Cannot perform double-word IO R/W multiple sector transfer: not supported DMA: not supported PIO: pio0 I'm not familiar with IDE at all. I have always used SCSI. However, my SCSI disk is full and I'm short of money. My current opinion is the disk is bad. Could an expert please confirm this or please tell me how to fix it? Sorry, printed on the disk is: LBA 240121728 which, I presume, is the total sectors. Thanks in advance. More data: cat /proc/devices (edited) Block devices: 1 ramdisk 2 fd 8 sd 9 md 11 sr 33 ide2 65 sd ls -l /proc/ide -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 28 10:32 cmd64x -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 28 10:32 drivers lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 May 28 10:32 hde -> ide2/hde -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 28 10:32 hpt366 dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 0 May 28 10:32 ide2 -- Bob R. Taylor - 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/