On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 05:15:25PM +0100, Daniel Sangenberg wrote:
> I have a problem with 2.2.17 + the latest ide patches and 2 * 61 gb ibm ide
> discs, the discs are connected as slave on a two channels (onboard ide
> channels on a asus p2b (i440BX Chipset)), there is nohing else connected on
> the ide interface and the jumper settings are identical.
> hdb: IBM-DTLA-307060, 58644MB w/1916kB Cache, CHS=7476/255/63, UDMA(33)
> hdd: IBM-DTLA-307060, 58644MB w/1916kB Cache, CHS=119150/16/63, UDMA(33)
> The difference in size and cylinders could cause a problem if this changes
> in later versions, is this normal behaviour or did i do something wrong ?
This is normal behaviour. See
http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/linux/Large-Disk-14.html#ss14.2
("14.2 Nonproblem: Identical disks have different geometry?")
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