> The question is simple, should I access my 4.3GB ide drives as Normal, LBA or Large? Does the linux kernel care?
>
> Up to the 2.0.33 kernel Normal works fine but from 2.0.34 I cant make it work.
> I suspect that part of the problem is that my bios won't recognise my discs correctly if I use LBA or Large, and maybe I should. I can fix this with fdisk but the kernel still doesn't work properly.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Details: p200MMX, TX chipset, 96MB ram, 2 * 4.3GB fujitsu ide drives
Is the model/name by chance MPC3043AT?
The "C" firmware revision of this drive only by Fujitsu is known to
break/crash/trash anything if it is connected to a VIA chipset and
anything other thann PIO mode transfers are used. I hope this is not
another case of breakage. Blacklisting drives is ugly.
Note that the MPB3043AT firmware is cool with all hardware that I know
of which has been tested. Tests provided by the folks at Javanco
Electronics in Nashville, TN.
> Symptoms: Booting the 2.0.34+ kernel destroys the file system beyond repair
> causing a kernel panic in the next boot (failed to mount root...)
>
> I have also provoked the 2.0.34 kernel to dump the following messages on
> the screen:writing x/y buffers
> What does this mean?
Cheers,
Andre Hedrick
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