Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 1 Oct 1999 21:49:25 +0200 (MET DST) | From | (Guest section DW) | Subject | Re: very large ide disk/IBM-DPTA-353750 problem |
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From: Stefan Eilemann <Stefan.Eilemann@simpack.de> To: drive@sg.ibm.com, linux-kernel@magic.metawire.com Subject: very large ide disk/IBM-DPTA-353750 problem
i recently bought the above harddisk as a backup medium for our fileserver running Linux 2.2.12. After reading a lot of information (howto, web, mailing lists), i am still not able to set up the partion table correctly. The maximum size i get of the harddisk (whole device) is 5.2 GB. According to http://ldp.kubota.com.au/HOWTO/mini/Large-Disk-4.html there was a 33.8 GB Limit in August 1999. Exist this limit still today? Are there any workarounds, patches or a possibility to access only 33.8 GB?
You need not complain to drive@sg.ibm.com - IBM made beautiful disks, it is just that our IDE code was a bit naive and stored a number of cylinders in a short. Several patches exist - some were posted here on linux-kernel - but maybe the appropriate thing would be to try Linux 2.3.18ac9 or so first. Please report on success.
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