From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 12:47:39 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 12:47:29 -0500 Received: from adsl-63-195-162-81.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net ([63.195.162.81]:6673 "EHLO master.linux-ide.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 12:47:20 -0500 Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 09:46:54 -0800 (PST) From: Andre Hedrick To: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl cc: mlord@pobox.com, ole@linpro.no, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Problems with Promise IDE controller under 2.4.1 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 31 Jan 2001 Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl 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 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/