From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Apr 7 03:29:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA02948 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Tue, 7 Apr 1998 03:29:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from stingray.ivision.co.uk (stingray.ivision.co.uk [195.50.91.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id DAA02943 for ; Tue, 7 Apr 1998 03:29:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from julian@ivision.co.uk) Received: from julian by stingray.ivision.co.uk with local (Exim 1.62 #2) id 0yMVdR-0001ze-00; Tue, 7 Apr 1998 11:29:45 +0100 Received: from julian by stingray.ivision.co.uk with local (Exim 1.62 #2) id 0yMVc2-0001yR-00; Tue, 7 Apr 1998 11:28:18 +0100 Subject: Re: 12.0 GB Quantum Bigfoot TX IDE seen as 8.4 GB To: sos@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 11:28:18 +0100 (BST) In-Reply-To: <199804070628.IAA09012@sos.freebsd.dk> from "Søren Schmidt" at Apr 7, 98 08:28:06 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: From: Julian Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > In reply to Bob Lash who wrote: > > It appears that a second Quantum Bigfoot TX 12 GIG owner is experiencin g > > the same problem -- freeBSD is recognizing it as only 8.4 GIG, and the > > number of cylinders is getting capped off at 16383 (when it is actually > > 23361). I am appending his post that went to freebsd-hackers. > > Yup, it appears we have a problem here, it seems as if we only support > up to 2^14 cylinders. Does the probe line (dmesg) show the right > cylinder count ?? Call me thick, and everything, but why can't it just be used in LBA/large mode? I seem to recall I have used disks in that fashion before, and the figures for the bigfoot disks are 1465/255/63 and 11680/32/63 Which are both under the 16383 'limit' that seems to exist.. Or am I missing something. I'll admit I am out of my depth here. Julian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message