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From: Stephen Williams <steve@icarus.com>
To: Mike Dresser <mdresser@windsormachine.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 40Gig IDE disk wrapping around at 32Gig?
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 10:17:19 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200012071817.KAA08227@icarus.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 07 Dec 2000 13:02:53 EST." <3A2FD0CD.3B9FF8B6@windsormachine.com>


mdresser@windsormachine.com said:
> My understanding is that the part you're accessing, above 33.6 gig,
> wraps around the int or whatever they use(i'm not a programmer, and
> i'm not going to think about what it'd actually be <grin>)

2.2.17 solves the problem. The 2.2.12 kernel definitely goes
berserk when faced with blocks way up there. With 2.2.17, the whole
disk works fine.

Thanks for the fast response.

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       reply	other threads:[~2000-12-07 18:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <3A2FD0CD.3B9FF8B6@windsormachine.com>
2000-12-07 18:17 ` Stephen Williams [this message]
2000-12-07 17:22 40Gig IDE disk wrapping around at 32Gig? Stephen Williams
2000-12-07 19:43 ` Andries Brouwer

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