Re: PDC202xx with 130GB+ disk

[Steven Dake <sdake@mvista.com>]

I could be wrong, but I think extended bios support for large disks was 
only added in 2.4.19. And it is a kernel config option.

Try google, you may find more accurate information

Thanks
-steve

danci@agenda.si wrote:

>Hello!
>
>I have a problem with PDC202xx controller and WDC WD1800JB hard drives.
>The PDC202xx shows only 130GB for this disks, while they should be 180GB.
>
>Since I have no physical access to the system (I'm administering it
>remotly), I've instructed the local sysadmin to update the controller BIOS
>to the lates revision which is supposed to support 42 bit LBA.
>
>That had no effect, fdisk still shows only 130GB available:
>
>Command (m for help): p
>
>Disk /dev/hde: 16 heads, 63 sectors, 266305 cylinders
>Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes
>
>   Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
>/dev/hde1             1    266305 134217719+  83  Linux
>
>Right now I have 2.4.18 kernel with (I think) no extra IDE or Promise
>related patches.
>
>Is the PDC202xx driver in 2.4.18 too old to recognize more than 130GB???
>Would kernel upgrade help?
>
> Thanks, D.
>
>
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