Re: Last partition sectors access problem

[bob parker <bob_parker@dodo.com.au>]

On Mon, 9 Dec 2002 10:00, Javier Miqueleiz wrote:
> Hello everybody.
>
> I have a minor problem concerning Debian 3.0 rev. 0. The last (1 or 2)
> sectors of some partitions can't be accessed. This isn't a hardware problem
> (tested using disk manufacterer tools or "dd if=/dev/hda").
> The intriguing fact is that it happens when normally booting from HD, but
> not when booting from Debian installation CD-ROMs.
> The partitions where created with Debian installation fdisk. I checked the
> partition table with Ranish Partition Manager and everything was ok.
>

Javier,

Check that you have something like this in your lilo confile 

# Support LBA for large hard disks.
#
lba32

Just a wild guess.

Bob