> kernel 2.2.18 hates my Maxtor drive :
>
> ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
> hda: Maxtor 96147H6, 32253MB w/2048kB Cache, CHS=65531/16/63, (U)DMA
>
> Actual (correct) parameters : CHS=119112/16/63
>
> Looks like some short int (2 bytes) overflowing. I'll try the ide patches.
This type of harddisk works for me with the ide patches. I had to
recompile fdisk as my old suse 6.4 version got the same 2byte-wraparound
problem.
c'ya
sven
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