From: wncjgr@cti.wnc.nedlloyd.nl (Jilles Groenendijk) Subject: > 1024 Cylinders on ESDI Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1993 08:40:27 GMT
I tried to install LINUX on a 80386/40Mhz AMD, 4Mb mem, 338Mb HD, ET4000
I used to run DOS 5.0 on this machine, made a full backup, and tried to install it under LINUX. However I got some serious problems, (a few years ago, I got the same problems with dos 3.30, 3.31, 4.00 etc.i) Linux kept complaning about:
"Partionion 1 has an odd number of sectors"
"This device has more than 1024 cylinders, and could give problems..."
What i would like to do is have one DOS partition and one LINUX.
Can anybody help me... These are the specifications of my HD+controller:
Harddisk specification
Manufacturer : Maxtor
Model no : XT-4380E
Fact Height : 5.25" FULL
Format-Unformated : 384.5 MB
Format-Formated : 338.0 MB
Total Cylinders : 1,224
Sectors per track : 36
Read/Write Heads : 15
Track per Inch : 1,070
Tracks : 18,360
Bytes/Track : 18,432
Sectors (36/track): 660,960
Number of disks : 8
Head actuator : VC
Interface : ESDI
Record Methode : RLL(2,7)
Self Parking Heads: Y
Access Track/Track: 16 mS
Transfer Rate : 10.0 Mb/s
Controler
Manufacturer : OMTI
Model no : 8640
Interface : ESDI
Devices : 2 x HD, 2 x FDD