Re: Promise caching IDE

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From: Ian Stirling
Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 00:00

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In demon.tech.unix Mike Pellatt <mike@mpellatt.demon.co.uk> wrote:
: On Sat, 16 May 1998 00:34:50 +0100, Tom Bird <hamster@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote:
:>Linux won't talk to my Promise caching IDE controller (VLB) that I just got
:>to upgrade my main Linux box.  I have put 4Mb of RAM on it and it works
:>fine in Win95 with no modifications.
:>
:>Linux though refuses to mount the file system (I think the error was 'read
:>beyond end of device' or something similar).
:>
:>There is not a specific kernel (I think).
:>
:>Slackware 3.something with 2.0.0 kernel.

: What size is the hard disk ?? Is it over 1GB ?? If so, this may be
: something to do with LBA (Logical Block Addressing) used to map

Disks over 8G are also much fun to work with.
Some older systems get rather confused, when you put in 12G's

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From: Ian Stirling <0000355DE981.NO_UCE@mauve.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Promise caching IDE
Date: 1998/05/16
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