[9049] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Problem with MO in 2.2.16
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (M G Berberich)
Wed Jun 21 04:36:13 2000
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 10:34:47 +0200
From: M G Berberich <berberic@forwiss.uni-passau.de>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
Message-ID: <20000621103446.C5105@finarfin.forwiss.uni-passau.de>
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Hello,
Am Dienstag, den 20. Juni 2000 23:15:55 schrieb Alan Cox:
> > SCSI device sda: hdwr sector 2048 bytes. Sectors 310352 [606 MB] [.6 =
GB]
>=20
> It found the device, got the size right
>=20
> > sda: Write Protect is on
> > sda: sda: RESETTINGING SECTOR SCALE from 4 to 1 sda1
>=20
> This means it found a partition table it thought was bogus. It should be
> in terms of 2K blocks it felt it was in terms of 512 byte blocks
Why? It was partitioned with a standard linux fdisk. With a
2.2.15/2.2.14 kernel it gets it right.=20
> > sd.c:Bad block number/count requestedscsidisk I/O error: dev 08:01, s=
ector 0
> > sd.c:Bad block number/count requestedscsidisk I/O error: dev 08:01, s=
ector
>=20
> Looks like it then tried to read a 512 byte block not a 2K block
>=20
> > I'm a bit irritated by the message stating: 'RESETTINGING SECTOR
> > SCALE from 4 to 1 sda1' )the 640MB MO's are hardsectored to 2048
> > bytes).
>=20
> Partition scaling not disk
Et alors?=20
MfG
bmg
--=20
Of course not! Windows already does that for you with the=20
"auto-reboot-at-random-times" function. It's not a bug, it's a feature.=20
-- Bev <bashley@cello.gina.calstate.edu>
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