Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 08:28:06 +0200 (MEST) From: Søren Schmidt <sos@FreeBSD.ORG> To: bob@wbs.net (Bob Lash) Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, julian@ivision.co.uk Subject: Re: 12.0 GB Quantum Bigfoot TX IDE seen as 8.4 GB Message-ID: <199804070628.IAA09012@sos.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.980406162721.16406A-100000@webchat2.wbs.net> from Bob Lash at "Apr 6, 98 04:41:49 pm"
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In reply to Bob Lash who wrote:
> It appears that a second Quantum Bigfoot TX 12 GIG owner is experiencing
> 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 ??
> I had to go up with the three 12 Gig drives running as just 8.4 Gigs...
> oh well... :(
Well, you could ship the third to one of the developers, we will make
it work and you will end up with 24G of space anyways :)
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Even more code to hack -- will it ever end
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