Re: Patch: Using clipped IDE disk larger than 32GB with old BIOS

2000-11-09 Thread Taisuke Yamada
> > # I might consider adding support for even newer 48-bit LBA > > # extension (which I read in ATA spec). > > The 48-LBA stuff is on hold because it requires more than simple > changes to ide-disk.c. Yes, I guess this is currently a future issue. If this is going to be done, there also needs f

Re: Patch: Using clipped IDE disk larger than 32GB with old BIOS

2000-11-08 Thread Andre Hedrick
On Wed, 8 Nov 2000, Taisuke Yamada wrote: > # I might consider adding support for even newer 48-bit LBA > # extension (which I read in ATA spec). This will push the > # limit up to 128PB (wow!). Hi Taisuke, So you like that TASKFILE. ;-) The 48-LBA stuff is on hold because it requires more tha

Patch: Using clipped IDE disk larger than 32GB with old BIOS

2000-11-08 Thread Taisuke Yamada
Hi. Last weekend, I bought new 45GB Maxtor IDE disk for my old Tekram mainboard (P6L40-A4X, Award BIOS 4.5x), and noticed I can't get Linux to recognize more than 32GB. In fact, it didn't even boot without clipping the capacity of the disk. And once clipped, Linux just never sees past 32GB bord