UltraDMA/33 support?

mharris@ican.net
Mon, 26 Jan 1998 01:38:53 -0500 (EST)


Does Linux support UltraDMA/33 drives properly?

I just bought a 4.3gig Quantum Fireball SE (the new one), and
when I partitioned it, the partition table was all screwed up
looking. The "begin" field did not match the "start" field.
This drive's geometry is:

C/H/S=14848/9/63

Linux fdisk complains when starting up that this drive has a
large cylinder count. Does this mean that I just raked out $330
for a drive I can't use in Linux?

If that is the case, does anyone have a projected date of when
support will exist for my drive? I'm not looking at any
whiz-bang code that pushes 200megs a second. Even if the drive
runs slower than molasses in january, I'll be happy so long as it
WORKS IN LINUX.

Anyone?

Mike A. Harris | Homepage: http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris
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