PIIX4 defaults to LBA
HPT366 defaults to CHS
This is a chipset issue not geometry solely.
Andries please ask me for clearification when people move a drive that was
setup by an onboard (normal) chipset (ata-33) to the (ata-66).
I am just now shaking down this issue.
Would you like a card mailed to you?
Offline me your address.
Andre Hedrick
The Linux IDE guy
On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, Guest section DW wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 07, 1999 at 03:51:37PM -0500, Prasanna Subash wrote:
>
> > I have the same problem :-<
> >
> > I have a DJNA-351520 and a ABIT BE-6 motherboard. The hdd is connected to
> > the Ultra-ata-66 slot and I am stuck with a smaller partition.
> >
> > If you guys can give me a verbose step by step soln it would be great as I
> > dont know much about tweaking with the kernel or hdd internals.
> >
> > I should probably just unscrew my hdd and find the CHS :(
>
> No, there is no `the CHS'. You are fairly free to invent what you would like.
> CHS is not a property of the disk, but of your imagination.
>
> A step by step solution?
>
> Step 1: "I have the same problem" - be explicit. What is your problem?
> What are the kernel boot messages ("dmesg | grep hd")?
> What is your kernel version? What does "hdparm -I" say?
>
> (and don't think I have a memory - quote things you reply to)
>
>
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