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Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 17:33:07 +0100
From: Stephan von Krawczynski <skraw@ithnet.com>
To: "James Stevenson" <mistral@stev.org>
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Subject: Re: 2.4.x kernels, big ide disks and old bios
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On Tue, 25 Dec 2001 19:09:22 -0000
"James Stevenson" <mail-lists@stev.org> wrote:

> Hi
> 
> i have the same problem weith a 40GB disk
> its not a linux problem but a bios / disk problem
> 
> my workaround:
> 
> dont set the jumper on the disk to make it look smaller.
> this however will stop it working in the bios so you need to
> disable the disk in the bios completly and turn off the ide
> auto detection process in the bios this is because it will
> probably hang if you try to use it :)
> 
> linux will then pick the disk up from the ide controller.

I tried this one some time ago, and had to find out, that I was not able to
write to the upper cylinders of the disk. You can check this out _before_ using
the drive via dd from /dev/zero to your /dev/drive and look at the results.

Regards,
Stephan

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