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[vdr] Re: AW: Maxtor 160 GB
ralf@spitzauer.de(Ralf Spitzauer) 02.03.02 09:56
Once upon a time Ralf Spitzauer shaped the electrons to say...
>> From: Carsten.Koch@icem.de [mailto:Carsten.Koch@icem.de]
>> A new controller is NOT needed, you only need the 48-bit
>> LBA kernel patch (or a kerner that has 48-bit LBA already).
>> Marco, you wasted your 78 EUR. With the patch, the 160GB
>> disk works full size on most newer controllers.
>>
>I 'haven't install such a patch but I have full capacity (153GB in
>KdiskFree) with Kernel 2.4.10
Have you tried to fill up the disc entirely?
>Do I need the patch or a newer kernel?
>> So I strongly recommend to run a disk test that writes
>> and verifies every byte and uses different contents.
>> badblocks was not able to find these errors, so I wrote
>> my own test which did find the problem.
>>
>Where I can find such a disk test?
Jepp, where?
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