There is not problem, the BIOS in the addon cards/promise do not
translation for you like the mainboard does.
If you are worried pass the geometry by hand
hd{e,f,g,h}=9345,255,63
Cheers,
On 31 Jan 2001, Ole Aamot wrote:
> We experience trouble with the Promise (PDC20265) IDE controller
> and seven 75GB IBM disks on a single CPU (Pentium-III) server.
>
> Linux 2.4.1 fails to detect correct geometry for the four last
> disks (identified as hde, hdf, hdg, hdh).
>
> [root@nngds1 /root]# cat /proc/ide/hd[abcefgh]/geometry
> physical 148945/16/63
> logical 9345/255/63
> physical 148945/16/63
> logical 9345/255/63
> physical 148945/16/63
> logical 9345/255/63
> physical 148945/16/63
> logical 148945/16/63
> physical 148945/16/63
> logical 148945/16/63
> physical 148945/16/63
> logical 148945/16/63
> physical 148945/16/63
> logical 148945/16/63
>
>
> Output from hdparm -i /dev/hd[abcefgh]:
>
> /dev/hda:
>
> Model=IBM-DTLA-307075, FwRev=TXAOA50C, SerialNo=YSDYSFAL154
> Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
> RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=40
> BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=1916kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
> CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=-66060037, LBA=yes, LBAsects=150136560
> IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
> PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
> DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 *udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5
>
> /dev/hdb:
>
> Model=IBM-DTLA-307075, FwRev=TXAOA50C, SerialNo=YSDYSFAR909
> Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
> RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=40
> BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=1916kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
> CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=-66060037, LBA=yes, LBAsects=150136560
> IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
> PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
> DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 *udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5
>
> /dev/hdc:
>
> Model=IBM-DTLA-307075, FwRev=TXAOA50C, SerialNo=YSDYSFAS836
> Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
> RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=40
> BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=1916kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
> CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=-66060037, LBA=yes, LBAsects=150136560
> IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
> PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
> DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 *udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5
>
> /dev/hde:
>
> Model=IBM-DTLA-307075, FwRev=TXAOA50C, SerialNo=YSDYSFAL701
> Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
> RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=40
> BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=1916kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
> CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=-66060037, LBA=yes, LBAsects=150136560
> IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
> PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
> DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 *udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5
>
> /dev/hdf:
>
> Model=IBM-DTLA-307075, FwRev=TXAOA50C, SerialNo=YSDYSFAR606
> Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
> RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=40
> BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=1916kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
> CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=-66060037, LBA=yes, LBAsects=150136560
> IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
> PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
> DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 *udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5
>
> /dev/hdg:
>
> Model=IBM-DTLA-307075, FwRev=TXAOA50C, SerialNo=YSDYSFAL151
> Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
> RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=40
> BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=1916kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
> CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=-66060037, LBA=yes, LBAsects=150136560
> IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
> PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
> DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 *udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5
>
> /dev/hdh:
>
> Model=IBM-DTLA-307075, FwRev=TXAOA50C, SerialNo=YSDYSFAR624
> Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
> RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=40
> BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=1916kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
> CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=-66060037, LBA=yes, LBAsects=150136560
> IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
> PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
> DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 *udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5
>
>
> ---
>
> Two types of disks:
> (geometry of the first is correctly detected, the second isn't)
>
> [root@nngds1 /root]# hdparm /dev/hda
>
> /dev/hda:
> multcount = 0 (off)
> I/O support = 0 (default 16-bit)
> unmaskirq = 0 (off)
> using_dma = 1 (on)
> keepsettings = 0 (off)
> nowerr = 0 (off)
> readonly = 0 (off)
> readahead = 8 (on)
> geometry = 9345/255/63, sectors = 150136560, start = 0
>
> [root@nngds1 /root]# hdparm /dev/hde
>
> /dev/hde:
> multcount = 0 (off)
> I/O support = 0 (default 16-bit)
> unmaskirq = 0 (off)
> using_dma = 1 (on)
> keepsettings = 0 (off)
> nowerr = 0 (off)
> readonly = 0 (off)
> readahead = 8 (on)
> geometry = 17873/16/63, sectors = 150136560, start = 0
>
>
> The machine runs RedHat 7.0 with RHN upgrades if it means anything.
>
> --
> Ole Aamot mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> LinPro AS http://www.linpro.no
>
Andre Hedrick
Linux ATA Development
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