append="hda=973,64,63"
to the boot parameters to avoid a panic at boot time. Now that doesn't
work. I tried that parameter, as well as "hda=973,64,36" or
"hda=3893,16,63" and "ide0=noprobe" in various combinations, and get
messages such as:
hda: Maxtor 72004 AP, ATA DISK drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
hda: Maxtor 72004 AP, 1916MB w/128kB Cache, LBA, CHS=973/64/63
Partition check:
hda:Started kswapd v 1.4.2.2
hda1 hda2 < hda5 hda6 hda7 hda8 >
attempt to access beyond end of device
03:02: rw=0, want=2, limit=1
EXT2-fs: unable to read superblock
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:02
Rebooting in 30 seconds....
or
VFS: Cannot open root device 03:02
or (with "hda=973,64,36" and "ide0=noprobe"):
hda: INVALID GEOMETRY: 64 PHYSICAL HEADS?
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:02
Must I repartition to run Linux 2.1.9? Here are the results of hdparm -i:
Model=Maxtor 72004 AP, FwRev=2A3C0B31, SerialNo=S209L3ES
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>5Mbs FmtGapReq }
RawCHS=3893/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=34
BuffType=3(DualPortCache), BuffSize=128kB, MaxMultSect=32, MultSect=32
DblWordIO=yes, maxPIO=2(fast), DMA=yes, maxDMA=1(medium)
CurCHS=3893/16/63, CurSects=3924144, LBA=yes, LBAsects=3924360
tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: sword0 sword1 *sword2 mword0 mword1
*mword2
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:180,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4
and the ugliness of fdisk -l:
Disk /dev/hda: 64 heads, 63 sectors, 973 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2064384 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0
Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 0+ 255 256- 516064+ 6 DOS 16-bit FAT >=32M
end: (c,h,s) expected (255,63,63) found (1023,15,63)
partition ends on cylinder 1023, beyond the end of the disk
/dev/hda2 256 973- 718- 1445976 5 DOS Extended
start: (c,h,s) expected (256,0,1) found (1023,15,63)
end: (c,h,s) expected (973,15,63) found (1023,15,63)
partition ends on cylinder 1023, beyond the end of the disk
/dev/hda3 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
/dev/hda4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
/dev/hda5 256+ 264- 9- 17104+ 83 Linux native
start: (c,h,s) expected (256,1,1) found (1023,15,63)
end: (c,h,s) expected (264,31,63) found (1023,15,63)
partition ends on cylinder 1023, beyond the end of the disk
/dev/hda6 264+ 274- 11- 20632+ 83 Linux native
start: (c,h,s) expected (264,33,1) found (1023,15,63)
end: (c,h,s) expected (274,47,63) found (1023,15,63)
partition ends on cylinder 1023, beyond the end of the disk
/dev/hda7 274+ 794 521- 1048792+ 83 Linux native
start: (c,h,s) expected (274,49,1) found (1023,15,63)
end: (c,h,s) expected (794,63,63) found (1023,15,63)
partition ends on cylinder 1023, beyond the end of the disk
/dev/hda8 795+ 973- 179- 359320+ 83 Linux native
start: (c,h,s) expected (795,1,1) found (1023,15,63)
end: (c,h,s) expected (973,15,63) found (1023,15,63)
partition ends on cylinder 1023, beyond the end of the disk
Here are the relevant (I think) kernel options I have set:
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
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Trevor Johnson <trevor@jpj.org>