On Thursday 28 June 2001 17:27, Alvin Oga wrote: > hi ya > > > I do, however, have a couple of possible solutions: > > > hda: 58633344 sectors (30020 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=3649/255/63 > > > hdc: 58633344 sectors (30020 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=58168/16/63 > > from what i've seen... for identical drives.. > > put both drives on the same cable... and it'd read the same chs... > > if you have hda and hdc... than you get the above situation... > > i put it on the same cable, hda and hdb ....than format the disks... > than putit on hdc... and everything is happy... > > -- also make sure that your bios is setup to autodetect exactly the > -- same way for both disks.... > not auto for one and lba for the other etc > > have fun raiding > alvin > http://www.Linux-Consulting.com/Raid > http://www.Linux-1U.net .... 500GB 1U Raid5[tm] ... I say, how frightfully messy - if I'm not mistaken this is all a non issue with SCSI drives, right? It might be easier to go that route ... just my tuppence .. iain > > > First, let's pick one of the geometries... take the first one. > > > > > I'm hoping that there's something I can do in LILO involving either the > > > linear command or something else that I only partly understand that can > > > cause them to be recognized the same. > > > > After using Linux for near on five years, I have finally discovered the > > bootparam(7) man page. I previously thought that all that lilo/kernel > > command line stuff was undocumented voodoo, and it was surprising to find > > most of it is actually documented. > > > > Anyway, if you add to the append line/kernel command line > > "hda=3649,255,63 hdc=3649,255,63" then they will both be beaten into > > submission to share geometries. > > > > IIRC you may also be able to just set the geometry on hdc to the same as > > hda when you partition it in fdisk (see the eXpert menu), and then the > > kernel picks it up automatically from the partition table, but YMMV. > > > > Hope this helps, > > > > Corin > > > > /------------------------+-------------------------------------\ > > > > | Corin Hartland-Swann | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7491 2000 | > > | Commerce Internet Ltd | Fax: +44 (0) 20 7491 2010 | > > | 22 Cavendish Buildings | Mobile: +44 (0) 79 5854 0027 | > > | Gilbert Street | | > > | Mayfair | Web: http://www.commerce.uk.net/ | > > | London W1K 5HJ | E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > > > \------------------------+-------------------------------------/ > > > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in > > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- === Linux and open source do threaten Microsoft at the server operating system level. But even more dangerous, the open source model threatens the core business strategy of Microsoft - domination, monopoly, total control and restricted consumer choices. History has shown that hegemonists and those who restrict freedom ultimately fail. Microsoft is on the wrong side of history. -- Matt Szulik, CEO Red Hat Inc === Iain Campbell, Senior Associate, sandon associates 520 Second Street West Owen Sound ON Canada N4K 6G6 Tel 519 371 6242 email [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
