On Saturday 01 February 2003 10:09, civileme wrote: > On Friday 31 January 2003 06:12 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > > On Friday 31 January 2003 02:33 pm, Gil Katz wrote: > > > On Friday 31 January 2003 20:20, civileme wrote: > > > > On Friday 31 January 2003 02:47 am, Gil Katz wrote: > > > > > On Thursday 30 January 2003 10:45, Gil Katz wrote: > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > I bought a new WD 80GB disk and mount it with HardDrake and made > > > > > > one partition but when i look in KDiskFree i see that i got only > > > > > > 25 GB. What is wrong? > > > > > > Gil > > > > > > > > > > I'll refine the problem > > > > > DiskDrake see the disk as is (74 GB) > > > > > but KDiskFree see only 2.5 HD > > > > > Gil > > > > > > > > Well WD is not a brand to buy since trhey OFFICIALLY support only > > > > Solaris and Windows, and besides they are hardware deficient on what > > > > it takes to do udma3 or higher and dangerous to use for your data at > > > > higher rates. Others can supply the info and links, but I will give > > > > you one... > > > > > > > > http://kt.zork.net/kernel-traffic/kt20000214_54.html#2 > > > > > > > > Basically WD disks are bad juju for linux. > > > > > > > > The real problem here may be one of mathematics, though. WD has this > > > > penchant for producing single-platter disks with one rack of heads > > > > each side (weigh it on a scale against competitive products and you > > > > will find the WD disk lighter) > > > > > > > > This means that the track number may be overflowing what Kdiskfree > > > > has available for track numbers with a resulting problem in viewing > > > > the disk. At one time the linux kernel would carve up big WD drives > > > > differently than the BIOS would with results that were just > > > > fantastic, but no other drives had ANY problems. This was true in > > > > Mandrake 7.1 and 7.2 for certain, but was corrected in kernel 2.2.19. > > > > > > > > Now, stop trusting kdf and let's see what dmesg says. Post the > > > > results and we'll see what the kernel says about free space. If > > > > there is still a problem, most likely the kernel's math will have to > > > > be adjusted for the most recent WD "cheapness" shortcut and another > > > > item will have to be added to the kernel's internal blacklist of > > > > cantankerous drives requiring special handling. > > > > > > > > Civileme > > > > > > This is the dmesg say > > > > > > Linux version 2.4.19-16mdk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version > > > 3.2 (Mandrake Linux 9.0 3.2-1mdk)) #1 Fri Sep 20 18:15:05 CEST 2002 > > > BIOS-provided physical RAM map: > > > BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable) > > > BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved) > > > BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved) > > > BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 0000000013ffc000 (usable) > > > BIOS-e820: 0000000013ffc000 - 0000000013fff000 (ACPI data) > > > BIOS-e820: 0000000013fff000 - 0000000014000000 (ACPI NVS) > > > BIOS-e820: 00000000ffff0000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved) > > > 319MB LOWMEM available. > > > Advanced speculative caching feature not present > > > On node 0 totalpages: 81916 > > > zone(0): 4096 pages. > > > zone(1): 77820 pages. > > > zone(2): 0 pages. > > > Kernel command line: auto BOOT_IMAGE=linux ro root=305 quiet > > > devfs=mount hdb=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi > > > ide_setup: hdb=ide-scsi > > > ide_setup: hdc=ide-scsi > > > Local APIC disabled by BIOS -- reenabling. > > > Found and enabled local APIC! > > > Initializing CPU#0 > > > Detected 453.179 MHz processor. > > > Console: colour dummy device 80x25 > > > Calibrating delay loop... 904.39 BogoMIPS > > > Memory: 321644k/327664k available (1176k kernel code, 5632k reserved, > > > 444k data, 136k init, 0k highmem) > > > Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes) > > > Inode cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 6, 262144 bytes) > > > Mount-cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 4, 65536 bytes) > > > Buffer-cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes) > > > Page-cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, 524288 bytes) > > > CPU: Before vendor init, caps: 0383fbff 00000000 00000000, vendor = 0 > > > CPU: L1 I cache: 16K, L1 D cache: 16K > > > CPU: L2 cache: 512K > > > CPU: After vendor init, caps: 0383fbff 00000000 00000000 00000000 > > > Intel machine check architecture supported. > > > Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0. > > > CPU: After generic, caps: 0383fbff 00000000 00000000 00000000 > > > CPU: Common caps: 0383fbff 00000000 00000000 00000000 > > > CPU: Intel Pentium III (Katmai) stepping 03 > > > Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done. > > > Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done. > > > Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK. > > > POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX > > > enabled ExtINT on CPU#0 > > > ESR value before enabling vector: 00000000 > > > ESR value after enabling vector: 00000000 > > > Using local APIC timer interrupts. > > > calibrating APIC timer ... > > > ..... CPU clock speed is 453.1857 MHz. > > > ..... host bus clock speed is 100.7078 MHz. > > > cpu: 0, clocks: 1007078, slice: 503539 > > > CPU0<T0:1007072,T1:503520,D:13,S:503539,C:1007078> > > > mtrr: v1.40 (20010327) Richard Gooch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > mtrr: detected mtrr type: Intel > > > PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xf0890, last bus=1 > > > PCI: Using configuration type 1 > > > PCI: Probing PCI hardware > > > Unknown bridge resource 0: assuming transparent > > > PCI: Using IRQ router VIA [1106/0596] at 00:04.0 > > > Activating ISA DMA hang workarounds. > > > isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards... > > > isapnp: Card 'U.S. Robotics 56K FAX INT' > > > isapnp: 1 Plug & Play card detected total > > > Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4 > > > Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039 > > > Initializing RT netlink socket > > > apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.16) > > > Starting kswapd > > > VFS: Diskquotas version dquot_6.5.0 initialized > > > devfs: v1.12a (20020514) Richard Gooch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > devfs: boot_options: 0x1 > > > vesafb: framebuffer at 0xe2000000, mapped to 0xd4800000, size 4096k > > > vesafb: mode is 800x600x16, linelength=1600, pages=3 > > > vesafb: protected mode interface info at c000:03d4 > > > vesafb: scrolling: redraw > > > vesafb: directcolor: size=0:5:6:5, shift=0:11:5:0 > > > Looking for splash picture.... found (800x600, 30412 bytes). > > > Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 80x16 > > > fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device > > > pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured > > > Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with HUB-6 MANY_PORTS > > > MULTIPORT SHARE_IRQ SERIAL_PCI ISAPNP enabled > > > ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A > > > ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A > > > ttyS02 at port 0x03e8 (irq = 11) is a 16550A > > > Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2 > > > ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with > > > idebus=xx VP_IDE: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 21 > > > VP_IDE: chipset revision 16 > > > VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later > > > VP_IDE: VIA vt82c596b (rev 23) IDE UDMA66 controller on pci00:04.1 > > > ide0: BM-DMA at 0xd800-0xd807, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA > > > ide1: BM-DMA at 0xd808-0xd80f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA > > > hda: WDC WD102AA, ATA DISK drive > > > hdb: HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8240B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive > > > hdc: ATAPI-CD ROM-DRIVE-52MAX, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive > > > hdd: WDC WD800JB-00CRA1, ATA DISK drive > > > ide2: ports already in use, skipping probe > > > ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 > > > ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 > > > hda: 20044080 sectors (10263 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=1247/255/63, > > > UDMA(33) hdd: 156301488 sectors (80026 MB) w/8192KiB Cache, > > > CHS=155061/16/63, UDMA(33) Partition check: > > > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 < p5 p6 > p2 > > > /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0: p1 > > > RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 32000K size 1024 blocksize > > > md: md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27 > > > md: Autodetecting RAID arrays. > > > md: autorun ... > > > md: ... autorun DONE. > > > NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0 > > > IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP > > > IP: routing cache hash table of 2048 buckets, 16Kbytes > > > TCP: Hash tables configured (established 32768 bind 65536) > > > Linux IP multicast router 0.06 plus PIM-SM > > > NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0. > > > RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 > > > Freeing initrd memory: 51k freed > > > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem). > > > Mounted devfs on /dev > > > Mounted devfs on /dev > > > Freeing unused kernel memory: 136k freed > > > Real Time Clock Driver v1.10e > > > usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs > > > usb.c: registered new driver hub > > > usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 18:49:04 Sep 20 2002 > > > usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled > > > PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 00:04.2 > > > PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 00:0d.0 > > > usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xd400, IRQ 9 > > > usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports > > > usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 > > > hub.c: USB hub found > > > hub.c: 2 ports detected > > > usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver > > > usbdevfs: remount parameter error > > > Adding Swap: 610460k swap-space (priority -1) > > > SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00 > > > scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices > > > Vendor: HL-DT-ST Model: CD-RW GCE-8240B Rev: 1.07 > > > Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > > > Vendor: ATAPI-CD Model: ROM-DRIVE-52MAX Rev: 52JA > > > Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > > > Journalled Block Device driver loaded > > > kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds > > > EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.17, 10 Jan 2002 on ide1(22,65), internal journal > > > EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. > > > ohci1394: $Rev: 530 $ Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 00:0c.0 > > > ohci1394_0: OHCI-1394 1.0 (PCI): IRQ=[10] MMIO=[df800000-df800800] > > > Max Packet=[2048] > > > ieee1394: Host added: Node[00:1023] GUID[00309526b0031864] [Linux > > > OHCI-1394] PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 00:0d.0 > > > PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 00:04.2 > > > 3c59x: Donald Becker and others. www.scyld.com/network/vortex.html > > > 00:0d.0: 3Com PCI 3c905B Cyclone 100baseTx at 0xb400. Vers LK1.1.16 > > > IPVS: Connection hash table configured (size=4096, memory=32Kbytes) > > > IPVS: Each connection entry needs 116 bytes at least > > > IPVS: ipvs loaded. > > > CSLIP: code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California > > > PPP generic driver version 2.4.2 > > > Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED]). > > > PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 00:0a.0 > > > parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE,EPP] > > > parport0: irq 7 detected > > > lp0: using parport0 (polling). > > > inserting floppy driver for 2.4.19-16mdk > > > Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M > > > FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 > > > Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0 > > > Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1 at scsi0, channel 0, id 2, lun 0 > > > sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 40x/40x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray > > > Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12 > > > sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 0x/52x cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray > > > /dev/vmmon: Module vmmon: registered with major=10 minor=165 tag=$Name: > > > build-1790 $ > > > /dev/vmmon: Module vmmon: initialized > > > /dev/vmnet: open called by PID 2037 (vmnet-bridge) > > > /dev/vmnet: hub 0 does not exist, allocating memory. > > > /dev/vmnet: port on hub 0 successfully opened > > > bridge-eth0: up > > > bridge-eth0: attached > > > /dev/vmnet: open called by PID 2063 (vmnet-natd) > > > /dev/vmnet: hub 8 does not exist, allocating memory. > > > /dev/vmnet: port on hub 8 successfully opened > > > /dev/vmnet: open called by PID 2329 (vmnet-netifup) > > > /dev/vmnet: hub 1 does not exist, allocating memory. > > > /dev/vmnet: port on hub 1 successfully opened > > > /dev/vmnet: open called by PID 2357 (vmnet-netifup) > > > /dev/vmnet: port on hub 8 successfully opened > > > /dev/vmnet: open called by PID 2352 (vmnet-dhcpd) > > > /dev/vmnet: port on hub 1 successfully opened > > > /dev/vmnet: open called by PID 2381 (vmnet-dhcpd) > > > /dev/vmnet: port on hub 8 successfully opened > > > devfs_register(raw1394): could not append to parent, err: -17 > > > raw1394: /dev/raw1394 device initialized > > > video1394: Installed video1394 module > > > Splash status on console 0 changed to off > > > udf: registering filesystem > > > UDF-fs DEBUG lowlevel.c:57:udf_get_last_session: XA disk: no, > > > vol_desc_start=0 UDF-fs DEBUG super.c:1421:udf_read_super: > > > Multi-session=0 UDF-fs DEBUG super.c:410:udf_vrs: Starting at sector 16 > > > (2048 byte sectors) UDF-fs DEBUG super.c:437:udf_vrs: ISO9660 Primary > > > Volume Descriptor found UDF-fs DEBUG super.c:434:udf_vrs: ISO9660 Boot > > > Record found > > > UDF-fs DEBUG super.c:446:udf_vrs: ISO9660 Volume Descriptor Set > > > Terminator found > > > UDF-fs: No VRS found > > > parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE,EPP] > > > parport0: irq 7 detected > > > lp0: using parport0 (polling). > > > PPP BSD Compression module registered > > > PPP Deflate Compression module registered > > > Gil > > > > From above output this looks to me like your system is seeing the hard > > drives. hda: 20044080 sectors (10263 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, > > CHS=1247/255/63, UDMA(33) hdd: 156301488 sectors (80026 MB) w/8192KiB > > Cache, > > CHS=155061/16/63,UDMA(33) > > > > You have hda as a 10gig running udma and hdd is the 80 gig running udma > > and is the western digital. Civileme will know better but from his > > previous post the WD could be trouble for you but not as bad as if you > > had a Maxtor in the mix. Anyway seems like the system is seeing the > > correct sizes. But should they be running UDMA? > > udma2 is safe--it is only 33Mhz which is in the range of 32-byte CRCs which > the drives can do. The 57-byte CRCs required by udma3 and up 66-133MHz are > beyond the capabilities of the 102 and maybe beyond the 80Mb as well; I > have not kept up on the product through its most recent cycles since they > seemed unwilling to change their policies. > > Civileme So what is the bottom line can i use this HD or not and if i gona change the HD which one to choose? Thanks Gil -- ---------------------------------------------------- Fair well and thanks for all the fish ----------------------------------------------------
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