>> Wichert Akkerman wrote:
>>
>>> I'm having a problem with a new IBM IDE disk I just bought
>>> Model=IBM-DJNA-371350, FwRev=J76OA30K, SerialNo=GM0GM088910
>>> Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
>>> RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=34
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^
>>
>> There's your problem. The number of cylinders is here is causing problems, as
>> it is clamped to 2^14. Most BIOSes let you lower this number by increasing the
>> number of phony heads to 255.
> Nonsense.
Unfortunatelly, not :-((
> All large disks will show RawCHS=16383/16/63, entirely independent of the
> BIOS (which is not involved at all). It is the ATA standard.
Huh ?
-- cut --
[root@localhost /root]# hdparm -i /dev/ide/hd/c0b0t0u0
/dev/ide/hd/c0b0t0u0:
Model=IBM-DJNA-371350, FwRev=J76OA30K, SerialNo=GM0GMGL2059
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
RawCHS=26310/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=34
BuffType=3(DualPortCache), BuffSize=1966kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
DblWordIO=no, maxPIO=2(fast), DMA=yes, maxDMA=2(fast)
CurCHS=1650/255/63, CurSects=26520480, LBA=yes
LBA CHS=825/510/63 Remapping, LBA=yes, LBAsects=26520480
tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: mword0 mword1 mword2
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4
UDMA modes: mode0 mode1 *mode2
-- cut --
As you can see RawCHS here is 26310/16/63 and all is working like a charm.
As I have EXACTLY same model as Wichert (including FwRev and such) I'm pretty
sure it's something in BIOS and/or recent kernel changes (I'm still using
2.2.10ac10)...
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