Re: Bug in EZ-Drive remapping code (ide.c)

2001-04-16 Thread Albert D. Cahalan
Andries.Brouwer writes: >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Apr 16 08:35:09 2001 >>Andries.Brouwer writes: >>> What one wants is to remap access to sector 0 to sector 1, >>> and leave all other sectors alone. Thus, if someone asks >>> for sectors 0 1 2 3 4, she should get sectors 1 1 2 3 4. >> >> No,

Re: Bug in EZ-Drive remapping code (ide.c)

2001-04-16 Thread Andries . Brouwer
From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Apr 16 08:35:09 2001 Andries.Brouwer writes: > What one wants is to remap access to sector 0 to sector 1, > and leave all other sectors alone. Thus, if someone asks > for sectors 0 1 2 3 4, she should get sectors 1 1 2 3 4. No, because then

Re: Bug in EZ-Drive remapping code (ide.c)

2001-04-16 Thread Albert D. Cahalan
Andries.Brouwer writes: > What one wants is to remap access to sector 0 to sector 1, > and leave all other sectors alone. Thus, if someone asks > for sectors 0 1 2 3 4, she should get sectors 1 1 2 3 4. No, because then you can't write to the real first sector. Assuming translation is good, 1 0

Re: Bug in EZ-Drive remapping code (ide.c)

2001-04-16 Thread Albert D. Cahalan
Andries.Brouwer writes: What one wants is to remap access to sector 0 to sector 1, and leave all other sectors alone. Thus, if someone asks for sectors 0 1 2 3 4, she should get sectors 1 1 2 3 4. No, because then you can't write to the real first sector. Assuming translation is good, 1 0 2

Re: Bug in EZ-Drive remapping code (ide.c)

2001-04-16 Thread Andries . Brouwer
From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Apr 16 08:35:09 2001 Andries.Brouwer writes: What one wants is to remap access to sector 0 to sector 1, and leave all other sectors alone. Thus, if someone asks for sectors 0 1 2 3 4, she should get sectors 1 1 2 3 4. No, because then you

Re: Bug in EZ-Drive remapping code (ide.c)

2001-04-16 Thread Albert D. Cahalan
Andries.Brouwer writes: From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Apr 16 08:35:09 2001 Andries.Brouwer writes: What one wants is to remap access to sector 0 to sector 1, and leave all other sectors alone. Thus, if someone asks for sectors 0 1 2 3 4, she should get sectors 1 1 2 3 4. No, because then you

Re: Bug in EZ-Drive remapping code (ide.c)

2001-03-30 Thread Jochen Hoenicke
On Mar 30, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > So yes, the problem is known, but I do not see a clean solution, > unless the solution is to rip out all this EZ drive nonsense. Grub can already handle EZ drives itself so this would be a solution :) However, fdisk depends on the remapping. > (I can well

Re: Bug in EZ-Drive remapping code (ide.c)

2001-03-30 Thread Andre Hedrick
Jochen, I don't really care about Disk Overlays. However if you can fix it or if Andries can great. Sorry, On Fri, 30 Mar 2001, Jochen Hoenicke wrote: > Hello, > > The EZ-Drive remapping code remaps to many sectors, if they are read > together with sector 0 in one bunch. This is even

Re: Bug in EZ-Drive remapping code (ide.c)

2001-03-30 Thread Andries . Brouwer
Jochen Hoenicke writes: The EZ-Drive remapping code remaps to many sectors, if they are read together with sector 0 in one bunch. This is even documented: From linux-2.4.0/drivers/ide/ide.c line 1165: /* Yecch - this will shift the entire interval, possibly killing some

Bug in EZ-Drive remapping code (ide.c)

2001-03-30 Thread Jochen Hoenicke
Hello, The EZ-Drive remapping code remaps to many sectors, if they are read together with sector 0 in one bunch. This is even documented: >From linux-2.4.0/drivers/ide/ide.c line 1165: /* Yecch - this will shift the entire interval, possibly killing some innocent following sector */ This

Bug in EZ-Drive remapping code (ide.c)

2001-03-30 Thread Jochen Hoenicke
Hello, The EZ-Drive remapping code remaps to many sectors, if they are read together with sector 0 in one bunch. This is even documented: From linux-2.4.0/drivers/ide/ide.c line 1165: /* Yecch - this will shift the entire interval, possibly killing some innocent following sector */ This

Re: Bug in EZ-Drive remapping code (ide.c)

2001-03-30 Thread Andries . Brouwer
Jochen Hoenicke writes: The EZ-Drive remapping code remaps to many sectors, if they are read together with sector 0 in one bunch. This is even documented: From linux-2.4.0/drivers/ide/ide.c line 1165: /* Yecch - this will shift the entire interval, possibly killing some

Re: Bug in EZ-Drive remapping code (ide.c)

2001-03-30 Thread Andre Hedrick
Jochen, I don't really care about Disk Overlays. However if you can fix it or if Andries can great. Sorry, On Fri, 30 Mar 2001, Jochen Hoenicke wrote: Hello, The EZ-Drive remapping code remaps to many sectors, if they are read together with sector 0 in one bunch. This is even