On Fri, 29 Jan 1999, Tobias Richter wrote:
> You ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > > Try making and mounting an ext2 filesystem on that MO drive.
> >
> > As I can't read any data from the 640 Mb disks unless I boot with one in
> > the drive, I see no point in this. To create a filesystem I must be
> > able to partition table. To read the filesystem I must be able to read the
> > partition table, This I cannot do unless I boot with a 640 Mb disk in the
> > drive. Rebooting to change media type is not convenient. I can do better on
> > OS/2 and even NT
>
> The point in this is that my Linux box has no problems using both
> media types, so it would be useful to identify the parts of your
> setup that differ from mine.
>
> You also didn't previously report wether reading the partition table
> succeded or not.
>
> But try inserting a 230 MB medium now. If mounting that fails it
> would support your assupmtion about media type change.
I booted with no disk in the drive (and I now have the 2.2.0 kernel
released earlier this week).
I inserted three different 640 Mb disks and read the partition table.
No apparent problem.
I then inserted a 230 Mb (ext2) disk. Here's what fdisk says:
[summer@possum summer]$ /sbin/fdisk /dev/sda
You will not be able to write the partition table.
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/sda: 64 heads, 32 sectors, 606 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 606 620528 7 OS/2 HPFS
Command (m for help): Command (m for help): q
[summer@possum summer]$
Here are the relevant kernel messages, from boot:
2048 bytes. Sectors= 310352 [606 MB] [0.6 GB]
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: sda1
sd.c:Bad block number requestedscsidisk I/O error: dev 08:01, sector 0
HPFS: map_sector: read error
sd.c:Bad block number requestedscsidisk I/O error: dev 08:01, sector 0
Reading super block failed
Device not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
VFS: Disk change detected on device sd(8,0)
sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 28
sda : extended sense code = 2
sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB.
sda:scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
unable to read partition table
VFS: Disk change detected on device sd(8,0)
SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 2048 bytes. Sectors= 310352 [606 MB] [0.6 GB]
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: sda1
Disc change detected.
VFS: Disk change detected on device sd(8,0)
SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 2048 bytes. Sectors= 310352 [606 MB] [0.6 GB]
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: sda1
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Cheers
John Summerfield
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