Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 16 May 1999 17:32:21 -0400 | From | Mark Lord <> | Subject | Re: IDE problem? |
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Rogier Wolff wrote: .. > Suppose we start with the 32 bit value: > > 0x12345678 > > If I shove that in a 64 bit word and do the jumble on it, I get: > > lba_sects = 0x123456780000 | 0x1234 > = 0x123456781234 > > If I'd then truncate it to 32 bits again, you're right. But we don't > do that: we keep it in a 64bit variable.
But of course! Better fix it then, I would imagine many Alpha's would have very large hard drives.. anything over 8GB triggers that code.
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