From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Steven Dake Subject: Re: PDC202xx with 130GB+ disk Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 12:26:37 -0700 Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <3EE630ED.2080708@mvista.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: To: danci@agenda.si Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids 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. > > > -- >___________________________________________________________________ >| Danilo Godec | Agenda d.o.o. | ISP for business | >| jr. Syst. Admin | Gosposvetska 84 | WAN networks | >| danci@agenda.si | si-2000 Maribor | Internet/Intranet | >| tel:+386.2.2340860 | Slovenija | Application servers | >| fax:+386.2.2340854 | http://www.agenda.si | Caldera OpenLinux | >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > > > >