> I have apparently solved the problem with my large disk, though not in an > entirely satisfactory way. > I noticed that fdisk will not allow a partition to begin AFTER cylinder > 1024, be it a logical or a primary partition. > I therefore had my last partition start before cyl 1024 and all error > messages have disappeared. > This is not entirely satisfactory since I did not want such a large > fourth partition...
As I understand it, Linux should be translating your disk geometry anyway, so that you don't appear to have over 1024 cylinders, and hence no problem. My Quantum 3.2gb drive officially has > 6000 cylinders (by 16 heads, 63 sectors) but Linux sees this as 779 cylinders instead, and an appropriately larger number of heads. Hamish -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
