For all those who may run into similar problem, as well for those who
rule the kernel code:
--- linux/drivers/scsi/scsicam.c.orig Mon Jun 29 15:33:48 1998
+++ linux/drivers/scsi/scsicam.c Mon Jun 29 15:32:58 1998
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
struct buffer_head *bh;
int ret_code;
int size = disk->capacity;
+ unsigned long temp_cyl;
if (!(bh = bread(MKDEV(MAJOR(dev), MINOR(dev)&~0xf), 0, 1024)))
return -1;
@@ -67,6 +68,11 @@
if (ret_code || ip[0] > 255 || ip[1] > 63) {
ip[0] = 64;
ip[1] = 32;
+ temp_cyl = size / (ip[0] * ip[1]);
+ if (temp_cyl > 65535) {
+ ip[0] = 255;
+ ip[1] = 63;
+ }
ip[2] = size / (ip[0] * ip[1]);
}
This seems to be acceptable solution (at least for me) - it got the job
done, and it looks like it didn't broke anything.
-- Tomek,
"Linux, WinNT and MS-DOS - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly"
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