On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 10:33:18AM +1000, Sara Falamaki wrote: > On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 04:15:36PM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: > > I don't know if this is relevant, but some IDE controllers only > > recognize the first 128 GB(binary) = 137*10^9 bytes. > > > > Is it possible that your controller has two modes? Windows uses one > > mode that recognizes the whole disk, and Linux uses the other > > (compatibility?) mode that only recognizes the first 137 GB(decimal)...?
> Doubt it, as the problem doesn't seem to be recognising the whole > disk, 4 parts appear under /dev/discs/disc1/ as expected. The appearance of device nodes under /dev does not guarantee that these partitions are accessible or usable under Linux. The Linux kernel is actually much more forgiving than parted when it comes to invalid partition tables; if the partition table says the partition is there, the kernel will accept this, until you try to access it. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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