Re: Problems with Promise IDE controller under 2.4.1

[Andre Hedrick]

On Wed, 31 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Ole Aamot writes:
> 
>       We experience trouble with the Promise (PDC20265) IDE controller
>       and seven 75GB IBM disks on a single CPU (Pentium-III) server.
> 
>       Linux 2.4.1 fails to detect correct geometry for the four last
>       disks (identified as hde, hdf, hdg, hdh).
> 
> But there is no indication of what the problems could be,
> or what he thinks the geometry should be (and why).
> I see nothing very wrong in the posted data.

We agree Andries, but the enduser wants to see stuff the same.

Cheers,

> Andries
> 
> 
> [Don't forget: (i) geometry does not exist (ii) hdparm is just
> some user program.]
> 

Andre Hedrick
Linux ATA Development

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