Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 19 Nov 2000 18:15:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 19 Nov 2000 18:15:43 -0500 Received: from [213.8.184.104] ([213.8.184.104]:11524 "EHLO callisto.yi.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 19 Nov 2000 18:15:33 -0500 Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 00:41:51 +0200 (IST) From: Dan Aloni To: Taisuke Yamada cc: andre@linux-ide.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Large "clipped" IDE disk support for 2.4 when using oldBIOS In-Reply-To: <200011192213.eAJMDPO02395@research.imasy.or.jp> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 20 Nov 2000, Taisuke Yamada wrote: > > This patch is not good. It compiles, but when I boot the kernel, it > > decides to ignore the hdc=5606,255,63 parameter that I pass to the kernel, > > and limits the number of sectors to fill 8.4GB. > > Please retest with hdc=... parameter removed. If hd[a-z]=... > parameter is specified, my patch will be disabled, trusting > whatever user has specified. > Ok, I've booted without the parameter, and without the jumper on clipping mode (I'll do it tommorow, it's 1AM now) got something similiar to what you've written, and everything looks ok. BTW, I have created the paratition table and all paratitions when the drive reported 90069840 sectors. Now it reports 90069839 - one sector less. Any damage risk to my filesystems? dmesg: hdc: host protected area => 1 hdc: checking for max native LBA... hdc: max native LBA is 90069839 hdc: (un)clipping max LBA... hdc: max LBA (un)clipped to 90069839 hdc: lba = 1, cap = 90069839 hdc: 90069839 sectors (46116 MB) w/1916KiB Cache, CHS=89354/16/63, UDMA(33) Partition check: hdc: [PTBL] [5606/255/63] hdc1 hdc2 hdc3 hdc4 < hdc5 > > hda: host protected area => 1 > hda: checking for max native LBA... > hda: max native LBA is 90045647 > hda: (un)clipping max LBA... > hda: max LBA (un)clipped to 90045647 > hda: lba = 1, cap = 90045647 > hda: 90045647 sectors (46103 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=89330/16/63, UDMA(33) > hdc: host protected area => 1 > hdc: checking for max native LBA... > hdc: max native LBA is 90045647 > hdc: (un)clipping max LBA... > hdc: max LBA (un)clipped to 90045647 > hdc: lba = 1, cap = 90045647 > hdc: 90045647 sectors (46103 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=89330/16/63, UDMA(33) -- Dan Aloni dax@karrde.org - 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/