Hi,
I have an older IDE drive, a Seagate ST51080A. It responds to probes as
CHS=2100/16/63 (both according to BIOS autodetection and to the linux
kernel's /proc/ide/hda/gemoetry 'physical' line), but the drive sticker
has 2096/16/63 written on it. badblocks -w reports that all 2100 cylinders
are OK. I've tried booting from it with grub 0.97-12 from Debian install
media on 2 different pentium systems, but I get Error 18 in all cases.
I've tried forcing the BIOS geometry to 2100/16/63 and giving a 'geometry
hd0 2100 16 63' to grub, and likewise with 2096/16/63 and 'geometry hd0
2096 16 63', but the result is the same. This is the only drive, and
device.map correctly has (hd0) /dev/hda.
What's going on? How can I troubleshoot further? Please Cc: me, I'm not on
the list.
Thanks
Alexey
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