Subject: Disk not detected correctly
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Richard Horwood <rich@mondial.com.au>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 04/26/1999 12:12:22
I have an old 486 sitting here, and I have just installed a new 6.4Gb disk.
On boot, NetBSD says this:
[...]
wd1 at wdc0 channel 0 drive 1: <FUJITSU MPC3064AT>
wd1: drive supports 16-sector pio transfers, lba addressing
wd1: 2014MB, 4092 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 4124736 sectors
wd1: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, UDMA mode 2
[...]
The sheet that came with the drive says this
13410 Cyl, 15 Heads, 63 sectors in CHS mode (!)
I have been trying to tell it that this is in fact a 6.4Gb drive, but all
attempts at writing a new disklabel have resulted in messages like this:
wd1a: id not found reading fsbn 12284052 of 12284052-12284054 (wd1 bn
12284115; cn 12999 tn 0 sn 60)
I have even tried setting the no. of sectors down much lower than they
actually are, and keep getting the same errors.
Am I just out of luck with this dinosaur PC and spanking new drive,
or can I convince the OS to let me use the other 4Gb of the disk?
The kernel is currently 1.3I
I'm afraid my limited understanding of disklabel / newfs are hindering
me a little here.
TIA.
-Rich.