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From: Paul <hundin@hal-pc.org>
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Cc: Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie>
Subject: Re: drive geometry problem
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On Thu, 27 Sep 2001 01:11:56 +0100
Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie> wrote:

> In message <200109251525.KAA18120@mail.hal-pc.org>, hundin@hal-pc.org writes:
> >e 
> >drive was ~2gb. This bios has a bug in the ide detection that often assigns 
> >random numbers to drive size. Ever since the kernel has reported the drive as 
> >eing the size the bios thought it was the first time despite all efforts 
> >including repartitioning manually with the correct geometry. the kernel just 
> >complains and truncates the disk. i have booted from cd and dd'd zeros across 
> 
> Some IDE hard disks have a jumper that forces the drive to behave
> as a 2Gb disk. Could you have enabled such a jumper by accident?
> 
> Ian
> 
the only jumpers i have set are those needed to set the disk as primary slave.
besides.. most of the time the bios sees it at the correct size anyway.

Paul

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