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On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Nathan Odle wrote:
> Perhaps this will help...
Wow; you *know* that has to be the answer when you look at it because:
> From the Linux Large-Disk HOW-TO:
>
> 12.1 IDE problems with 34+ GB disks
>
> Drives larger than 33.8 GB will not work with kernels older than 2.2.14 /
> 2.3.21. The details are as follows. Suppose you bought a new IBM-DPTA-373420
> disk with a capacity of 66835440 sectors (34.2 GB). Pre-2.3.21 kernels will
> tell you that the size is 769*16*63 = 775152 sectors (0.4 GB), which is a
> bit disappointing.
...so Michael's (nominal) 60 GB drive which probably yields like 54 GB (or
something) only sees 54-33.8 ~= 20 GB.
Good call.
jking
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