Re: [PARPORT] paride not reporting correct drive size

From: bad_knee (bad_knee@bigfoot.com)
Date: Sun Mar 04 2001 - 12:50:05 EST

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    Erik Inge Bolsų wrote:
    >
    > On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, bad_knee wrote:
    > >kernel: paride: version 1.05 installed
    > >kernel: paride: epat registered as protocol 0
    > >kernel: pd: pd version 1.06, major 45, cluster 64, nice 0
    > >kernel: pda: epat 1.01, Shuttle EPAT chip c6 at 0x378, mode 5 (EPP-32),
    > >delay 1
    > >kernel: pda: Maxtor 32049H2, master, 39062500 blocks [19073M],
    > >(2431/255/63), fixed media, LBA mode
    > >kernel: pda: pda1
    > >
    > >hmm.. well, here goes nothin!
    >
    > Sound good so far, please send some feedback to the list as to how it
    > works and if it is stable :)
    >

    This is the exact error message I get when trying to mkfs.ext2 /dev/pda1

    Writing inode table: 13/149
    PDA: do_pd_write_irq: status = 0x10050 = SEEK READY TMO

    Then the machine is quite locked. Is there something I should change in
    the
    bios, or is this expected with such a large drive?

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