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To: Mike Dresser <mdresser@windsormachine.com>
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Subject: Re: 40Gig IDE disk wrapping around at 32Gig? 
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From: Stephen Williams <steve@icarus.com>
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mdresser@windsormachine.com said:
> My understanding is that the part you're accessing, above 33.6 gig,
> wraps around the int or whatever they use(i'm not a programmer, and
> i'm not going to think about what it'd actually be <grin>)

2.2.17 solves the problem. The 2.2.12 kernel definitely goes
berserk when faced with blocks way up there. With 2.2.17, the whole
disk works fine.

Thanks for the fast response.

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