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Bug#401156: linux-image-2.6.18-3-486: Geometry of IDE disks messed up



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On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 11:05:37AM +0100, Stefan Peter wrote:
> When trying to install an additional Harddisk, I noted that fdisk reported a wrong size for it.
> Some investigation revealed that /proc/ide/hdc/geometry reported
> physical     16383/16/63  # this is ok
> logical      58140/16/63  # this is wrong

Please provide more information why you think this is wrong? The sector
count in non-LBA mode is restricted to this value.

> fdisk reported
> Disk /dev/hdc: 30.0 GB, 30005821440 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3648 cylinders

This exactly matches the logical number given above.

Bastian

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