From: hogan@marie.physik.tu-berlin.de (Tuukka Uusheimo) Subject: Linux on ESDI-drive over 1024cyl? Date: 8 Feb 1993 10:54:41 GMT
In <1993Feb5.201322.21510@tdb.uu.se> t92oti@tdb.uu.se (Oscar Tiger) writes:
>Sure. I'm running linux on a ESDI ~650 MB with a Western Digital WD1007
>No problems with the disc just go ahead!
Yup! I also have now installed Linux on my "new" ESDI 250MB drive. I only
have one problem! It gives out these errors every now and then... (Original
eh?) I cannot remembet the exact error message, but I think it is complaining
about cylinder number being too high!!! Is it possible, that Linux does NOT
support HDs with over 1024 cylinders???
My HD is: 1214c, 12h, 35s... Yes, these are the physical values. I could
configure it to 491-12-63, but that would mean decrease on capasity. From
250MB to 240Mb, and I want to keep the extra 10MB... Or I could jumper the
controller to break the disk in to virtual drives, but I would also like to
have my ATID as second drive, so I think this is out of question...
Anybody got any ideas? Is it Linux or is it just me...
- Tuge