problem with hard disk geometry

["Diego Brouard" <dbrouard@gmail.com>]

Hi. I'm not sure if this is a debian caused problem but perhaps.

I installed recently a debian etch box on a RAID 1 based on one IDE
hard disk. My intention was adding its pair later.

Now I want to add this second hard disk. Both are identical model but
for one de them, fdisk tells me a wrong geometry ( in fact it's in the
installation drive ).


==installation drive==

Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders

==second drive==

Disk /dev/hdb: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 77545 cylinders

Honestly, I can't find out why is this happening. Any idea?


Thanks in advance. Diego.