Re: max GiB written per boot

Jens Axboe
2003-10-07T05:57:18Z

On Mon, Oct 06 2003, Pat LaVarre wrote:
> With usb2 in linux 2.6.0-test6 just now, ...
>
> I find what works well for me is /etc/grub.conf:
>
> title Red Hat Linux (2.6.0-test6)
> root (hd0,8)
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.0-test6 ro root=LABEL=/
> initrd /initrd-2.6.0-test6.img
>
> What chokes often is:
>
> title Red Hat Linux (2.6.0-test6)
> root (hd0,8)
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.0-test6 ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi
> initrd /initrd-2.6.0-test6.img
>
> Having hdc=ide-scsi matter I think is a clue.
>
> I don't yet know if this apparent correlation will hold up or not.

Yeah, ide-scsi is broken so you probably shouldn't be using it.

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Jens Axboe