On Tue, 25 Dec 2001 19:09:22 -0000
"James Stevenson" <mail-lists@stev.org> wrote:
> Hi
>
> i have the same problem weith a 40GB disk
> its not a linux problem but a bios / disk problem
>
> my workaround:
>
> dont set the jumper on the disk to make it look smaller.
> this however will stop it working in the bios so you need to
> disable the disk in the bios completly and turn off the ide
> auto detection process in the bios this is because it will
> probably hang if you try to use it :)
>
> linux will then pick the disk up from the ide controller.
I tried this one some time ago, and had to find out, that I was not able to
write to the upper cylinders of the disk. You can check this out _before_ using
the drive via dd from /dev/zero to your /dev/drive and look at the results.
Regards,
Stephan
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