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From: Ed Doolittle
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 00:00

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On 29 Oct 1996 14:18:08 GMT, Manuel Kolp <manuel@I_should_put_my_domain_in_etc_NNTP_INEWS_DOMAIN> wrote:

> Linux boots on /dev/hda2
> Disks are declared in the BIOS as follows 

>                   Type  Size   Cyl   Head  Precom  Landz Sector Mode                
> Primary Master:   User  1083   2100   16   65535   2039   63    Normal
> Primary Slave:    None   0      0      0    0       0      0    
> Secondary Master: User  640    1240   16   65535   1239   63    Normal
> Secondary Slave   None  0      0      0    0        0     0     
                                                                  ^^^^^^

> Linux detects our drives as follows: 

> hda: WDC AC21000H, 1033MB w/128kB Cache, LBA, CHS=2100/16/63
> hdb: FX300_01, ATAPI CDROM drive
> hdc: WDC AC2635F, 610MB w/64kB Cache, LBA, CHS=1240/16/63   
                                        ^^^
                                           \
Just a guess: This looks like a discrepancy here. Maybe you could try
switching the mode in the BIOS to LBA, or toggle the "use PCI bios"
option in the kernel.

Ed

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From: dolittle@weniac.math.toronto.edu (Ed Doolittle)
Subject: Re: Hard disk problem
Date: 1996/10/30
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