Re: [patch-required!] Recent kernels show problems in handling VERY large HDs

2000-09-09 Thread Andreas Eibach
> Interesting. So far I have been able to help three or four people > with a similar setup, but without EZDrive. Hmmm...maybe it's me who let himself fool by the docs. Well they told me if Capacity Limiter is used, you MUST use EZDrive to get full capacity. Let's hope this _is_ a must. I get to

Re: [patch-required!] Recent kernels show problems in handling VERY large HDs

2000-09-09 Thread Andreas Eibach
> On Fri, 8 Sep 2000, Andreas Eibach wrote: > ... > >ide0: BM-DMA at 0x4000-0x4007, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio > >ide1: BM-DMA at 0x4008-0x400f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio > ... > >hda: 120060864 sectors (61471 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=7473/255/63, UDMA(33) > > hda:hda: timeout w

Re: [patch-required!] Recent kernels show problems in handling VERY large HDs

2000-09-09 Thread Andries Brouwer
On Fri, Sep 08, 2000 at 10:19:17AM +0200, Andreas Eibach wrote about his problems with a large disk: > Motherboard GA-586 SG w/AWARD BIOS 4.51PG > (no updates available anymore from the manufacturer! 586sg > BIOS rev. is 1.15) > Maxtor 60 GB hard drive: >- Capacity Limitation Jumper J46 APPL

[patch-required!] Recent kernels show problems in handling VERY large HDs

2000-09-08 Thread Andreas Eibach
Hi everybody, my name is Andreas Eibach and it's the first time I'm here. I'm aware of the fact that posting here requires having read ALL FAQs and available documents before doing that. I did this, of course. But since the problem seems brand-new (due to the fact that these huge-sized HDs are