https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=326887 Summary: ata disk limited to 8GB on Thinkpad R50p Product: openSUSE 10.3 Version: RC 1 Platform: i586 OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Kernel AssignedTo: kernel-maintainers@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: asvetter@cip.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- RC1 limits the harddisk in my Thinkpad R50p to 8GB. hdparm shows the same amount of sectors for CHS and for LBA. As a result I don't see my extended partitions. It worked in alpha 5 and beta 3.
From alpha5: # hdparm -i /dev/sda /dev/sda:
Model=HTS726060M9AT00 , FwRev=MH4OA6DA, SerialNo= MRH453M4H4SXWB Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs } RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4 BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=7877kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=?16? CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=109170031 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120} PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5 AdvancedPM=yes: mode=0x80 (128) WriteCache=enabled Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 3a: ATA/ATAPI-2,3,4,5,6 * signifies the current active mode
From RC1: # hdparm -i /dev/sda /dev/sda:
Model=HTS726060M9AT00 , FwRev=MH4OA6DA, SerialNo= MRH453M4H4SXWB Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs } RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4 BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=7877kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=?16? CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=16546944 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120} PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5 AdvancedPM=yes: mode=0x80 (128) WriteCache=enabled Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-6 T13 1410D revision 3a: ATA/ATAPI-2,3,4,5,6 * signifies the current active mode The main difference is in CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=109170031 versus CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=16546944 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.