Disk Geometry on Second IDE Disk

Disk Geometry on Second IDE Disk

Post by Bo Gree » Tue, 23 Sep 1997 04:00:00



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<BR>>I have two 1.6G hard disks. I can use both of them in win95. Linux
has
<BR>>no problem to recognize the first one and the 2nd one it returns a
disk
<BR>>gemotry error. The error message is something like " # of head > 64.
<BR>>disk geometry error". I tried to manually set the disk geometry(CHS)
in
<BR>>LILO. It still doesn't work.
<BR>>

<P>&nbsp; I have a similar problem with mounting /dev/hdc.&nbsp; For some
reason
<BR>&nbsp; linux detects the "true" geometry, not that from the BIOS.&nbsp;
My problem
<BR>&nbsp; is too many cylinders.&nbsp; I am going to try to use /etc/disktab
to remedy
<BR>&nbsp; the problem,&nbsp; (see <A HREF="http://ftp.yggdrasil.com/bible/lilo/user/node47.html">http://ftp.yggdrasil.com/bible/lilo/user/node50.html</A>)
<BR>&nbsp; but I don't know which device number to use.&nbsp; Can anyone
help me out
<BR>&nbsp; with this (0x500 is my guess...)?

<P>&nbsp; Bo Green</HTML>

 
 
 

1. Disk Geometry on Second IDE Disk

I have two 1.6G hard disks. I can use both of them in win95. Linux has
no problem to recognize the first one and the 2nd one it returns a disk
gemotry error. The error message is something like " # of head > 64.
disk geometry error". I tried to manually set the disk geometry(CHS) in
LILO. It still doesn't work.

I am using the kernel 2.0.18 (Red Hat 4.0). Do I need any kernel patches
or some setup changes?

wai-kong

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