Re: Re: 2048 bytes/sector media in 2.2.12

Jens Benecke (jens@pinguin.conetix.de)
Wed, 1 Sep 1999 18:02:41 +0200


On Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 02:29:14PM +0900, Klaus Kudielka wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 31, 1999 at 08:05:00PM -0500, Benjamin Carter wrote:
> > However, after dd-ing /dev/zero over the first sector (the partition
> > table), the same error (from ll_rw_block) still occurs. Viewing the
> > strace output (included below) makes it appear as though the
> > HDIO_GETGEO ioctl() call is the one that produces the printk(), as it
> > appears before
> Exactly. I have the same printk with a Panasonic DVD-RAM. The line
> probably causing it is in scsicam_bios_param(), which is called by the
> ioctl:

Does that mean I can get a DVD RAM drive and use it under Linux with a 2.2.
kernel now? I've been waiting for that :)

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