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Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 14:48:32 -0700
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Subject: [Bugme-new] [Bug 4474] New: ini9100u reports bad geoemtry


http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4474

           Summary: ini9100u reports bad geoemtry
    Kernel Version: 2.6.10-1.770_FC3 SMP
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
             Owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
         Submitter: [EMAIL PROTECTED]


Distribution:Fedora Core 3

Hardware Environment:
2xPent III/550, initio i9100u SCSI, 120GB WD IDE, 3x145GB Compaq SCSI drives

Software Environment:Fedora Core 3, latest updates via apt, kernel
2.6.10-1.770_FC3 SMP

Problem Description:
Using 3 identical Compaq 145GB SCSI drives with cleared (dd if=/dev/zero
of=/dev/sd?...), run fdisk.  Each drive reports different and unrealistic
geometries (i.e. one says 4 heads, 23 sectors, xxxx cyl.; another says 93 heads,
...).  Tried with adaptec 2944UW, it says 255 heads, 63 sectors for all drives.


Steps to reproduce:
Clear MBR on the SCSI drives.
Use initio i9100u and attempt to fdisk.  Drives report different and
non-standard geometries.
Re-run with adaptec card. All drives report same and sane geoemtries.

I'm not sure if the size of the drive (these are 145GB) factors in.  I was
unable to test with smaller drives.

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