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Re: RH and drive cylinders
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (rnb/Copenhagen@manbw.dk)
Mon Nov 23 03:09:55 1998
From: rnb/Copenhagen@manbw.dk
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 09:07:27 +0100
In-Reply-To: <199811202235.OAA05776@glacier.jpl.nasa.gov>
TO: rickf@glacier.jpl.nasa.gov, redhat-list@redhat.com
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Hi
Even if it works with Linux, other software is acting up on these cylinder
counts.
I created a NTFS partition that went from 1024 to 1027 with WinNT, and
suddenly neither Boot Manager nor Partition Magic could read the partition
table.
Did the same trick with Partition Magic and everything went smoothly.
Weird, eh?
BTW: My Quantum 8.4 GB is 1027 cyls. The 1024th cyl. is _exactly_ at the 8
GB mark.
Rene
rene_b@geocities.com
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Subject: Re: RH and drive cylinders
Author: rickf (rickf@glacier.jpl.nasa.gov) at internet
Date: 20-11-98 22.35
linux@lafayettehigh.org said:
> I know there has been endless conversation on this topic before,
> but would someone please let me know if a drive over 1024 cylinders
> can be used with Red Hat Linux and if so how? I've got a Western
> Digital 6.4G drive with 13328 cylinders. Is this compatible?
> Thanks in advance.
Hi Jason,
First point is that, for whatever reason, you do not have LBA
implemented for this drive. On most systems, you should; that alone
will remove your problem. With LBA in effect you need a drive > 8.0Gb
to exceed the 1024 cylinders issue; my IBM 9.1 Gb drive shows only
1107.
To answer the rest of your question, yes. My 1107 cylinder drive
works great with Linux.
I'd check your drive parameters in your BIOS (usually the first
screen of several) and see what's there. I think you're set to
NORMAL or LARGE, and should be set to LBA.
Best
rickf
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