From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CaugK-0005IE-EX for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 05 Dec 2004 06:36:00 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CaugK-0005I2-0V for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 05 Dec 2004 06:36:00 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CaugJ-0005Hz-SW for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 05 Dec 2004 06:35:59 -0500 Received: from [193.252.22.23] (helo=mwinf0812.wanadoo.fr) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CauWJ-0008GE-4m for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 05 Dec 2004 06:25:39 -0500 Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf0812.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with SMTP id D24681800173 for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2004 12:25:37 +0100 (CET) Received: from bellard.org (AMontpellier-251-1-6-21.w83-113.abo.wanadoo.fr [83.113.228.21]) by mwinf0812.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 7B7A81800175 for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2004 12:25:37 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <41B2F262.1070309@bellard.org> Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2004 12:34:58 +0100 From: Fabrice Bellard MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Qemu limited to 11GB References: <20041204145034.GB670@mail.13thfloor.at> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org You should use the CVS version and read its documentation about the '-hdachs' option. '-hdachs' gives the physical HDD geometry which is has the following maximum parameters: 16383,16,63. You can also try to force the use of the LBA translation. Fabrice. Dag Wieers wrote: > On Sat, 4 Dec 2004, Herbert Poetzl wrote: > > >>On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 12:32:42PM +0100, Dag Wieers wrote: >> >>>Hi, >>> >>>When I try to use a 80GB disk with qemu, the BIOS (and underlying os) >>>reports it as a 10GB disk. I've tried providing the CHS values using >>>-hdachs, but it does not work either. >>> >>> qemu -hdachs "155061,16,63" -hda /dev/hda >> >>115061 % 65536 = 23989 >> >>23989*16*63*512/1024^3 = 11 >> >>try using 255/256 heads instead of the 16 heads ... > > > No use, I already tried that. It really seems to me that there's a limit > in qemu. > > -- dag wieers, dag@wieers.com, http://dag.wieers.com/ -- > [all I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power] > > > _______________________________________________ > Qemu-devel mailing list > Qemu-devel@nongnu.org > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel > > >