Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 00:05:01 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Brandon DeYoung <brandon@schoolpeople.net>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 36 GB IDE Hard Drives Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912280004250.627-100000@beppo.feral.com> In-Reply-To: <199912280729.XAA01543@mass.cdrom.com>
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You're probably right, but as I verified that it works for me with the new ATA driver, I'm satisfied that the problem is at best second order. On Mon, 27 Dec 1999, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > See kern/15611- Wes Bauske has seen the very same thing... I have a 50GB > > drive I'll try on Sunday... > > Looking at the audit trail on this, the evidence suggests that the 'wd' > driver may have problems with operations beyond the 32GB mark, and that > use of the LBA flag may be a viable workaround for this problem. > > This is probably worth tracking down, or at least verifying for errata > purposes. > > -- > \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith > \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org > \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the messagehelp
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