Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3394 mails)

[jlm@xxxxxxxxxxx (Jesse Marlin)]

You can try:

dmesg | less 

and see if linux reported the correct values when it detected the drives.

You may also want to cat through /proc/ide/hd?.  There is some useful
info in there.  You probably want to look for inconsistencies.  I had
an opposite problem.  When I tried to auto-detect the drive in the BIOS it 
detected incorrect values but linux detected the correct values.  I think 
linux may not rely on the BIOS for reporting the hd values, I think it may
query the hd itself for the info.

Rusty writes:
 > Hi all!.
 > 
 > I guess it's my turn to have the frustration of not being able to
 > partition and format a 20 g HD.  I have tow (2) other exact same disks
 > running linux but cannot get this one to work.
 > 
 > I am running a Asus P3B-F MB /w an Award BIOS.  The HD is set to Auto
 > and LBA, as recommended for large disks.
 > 
 > I installed a Maxtor Model # 92049U6 20 G HD.  This HD says it has
 > 16,383 cylinders 10 heads and 63 sectors on the data plate.
 > 
 > I tried to partition and format this HD using fdisk and Yast.  Both of
 > these utilities reported that the drive capacity was 1027 cylinders,
 > blah, lilo blah, above the cylinder limit, blah,blah.  I know and
 > understand all about the 1024 limit for lilo and appreciated the
 > warning.
 > 
 > The problem is that this hard drive should report somewhere in 2000+
 > rang for cylinders.  As it is reporting now, I have only about 8G.  I
 > did not purchase this drive to only use 8G.
 > 
 > Can anyone tell me why the partitioning utilities won't recognize the
 > whole drive capacity?
 > 
 > Thanks,
 > 
 > Rusty
 > 
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