From: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>
To: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.9-rc3-mm2] EDD: use EXTENDED READ command, add CONFIG_EDD_SKIP_MB
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 10:02:26 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041012150226.GA32018@lists.us.dell.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200410090117_MC3-1-8BDA-288E@compuserve.com>
On Sat, Oct 09, 2004 at 01:13:58AM -0400, Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> Matt Domsch wrote:
>
> > Then BIOS says you've got two more disks.
> > Both disks 82 and 83 look remarkably small (20808 sectors each,
> > ~10MB).
>
> Some Dell notebooks do this, IIRC. Try removing the HD from a Latitude
> CPi or CPiA and then booting from a floppy distro like tomsrtbt (from
> www.toms.net). It's been a while but that 20808 number looks awfully
> familiar...
My Latitude CPiA does not exhibit this, both with a rather old BIOS
and with the newest BIOS. I'd appreciate hearing of other systems
that do though. If it's a common occurance, I should be able to deal
with that as a special case.
Thanks,
Matt
--
Matt Domsch
Sr. Software Engineer, Lead Engineer
Dell Linux Solutions linux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux
Linux on Dell mailing lists @ http://lists.us.dell.com
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2004-10-09 5:13 [PATCH 2.6.9-rc3-mm2] EDD: use EXTENDED READ command, add CONFIG_EDD_SKIP_MB Chuck Ebbert
2004-10-12 15:02 ` Matt Domsch [this message]
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