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In article <3vsckf$129n@holly.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> corbyh@holly.ACNS.ColoState.EDU (Corby S. Hudnall) writes:

   Hi all.
   I can't get my Reveal ST3660A 545MB HD to mount correctly under Linux.  
   It is a slave drive and when I mount it and "ls", I get a screen of 
   garbage and have to reset the screen.  FDISK also reports that nothing 
   starts or begins where it should.  The BIOS doesn't support 545MB so I 
   have a software driver that loads at startup that let's me use all of the 
   space.  Linux however won't give me anything on the drive.  I've checked 
   the HowTo's and /usr/src/linux/drives/block/README.* for tips but haven't 
   found anything.  What have you others done to make this work.  Here's 
   what the kernel tells me on boot:
   hdb;  ST3660A, 520MB w/ 120KB Cache, LBA, CHS=3919/16/17, MaxMult=16
   The actual geometry it 1057/16/63 but it won't work to pass that info on 
   at startup.  What can I do short of buying a new system BIOS?  Any help 
   and suggestion welcome.

I'm not sure if this will help, but you may want to examine 
http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/mini/Large-IDE.

   *Warning--Linux should not be used by those under the influence of MicroSoft.
	     May cause dizziness or vertigo.  Consult your tech support before
	     using Linux.  (note--after using Linux, you may notice extreme
	     discomfort when using MicroSoft.  Discontinue use of MS.

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   Corby S. Hudnall
   colorado state university
   Dept. of Computer Sciences
   corbyh@holly.colostate.edu
   http://holly.colostate.edu/~corbyh/
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