From: Felix Miata 
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@Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 08:17:29 -0500
Subject: Re: /!SETMAX
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Robert Traynor (BobT) wrote:
 
> On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 17:04:30 +1000, Robert Traynor  (BobT) wrote:

> > On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 00:41:26 -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
 
> > > So, find an 80 pin cable, connect it directly between HD and
> > > motherboard, and you prolly find the performance penalty disappears,
> > > even when using default driver settings. If that is the case, time to
> > > complain to Trios.

> Well Felix, I have robbed a 80 wire cable from a working system
> and removed the Trios IDE switch entirely.  I still get the same
> error condition, so its looking more like the /!SETMAX  parameter
> on the Danis506.add   line is insufficient to counter the effect of
> putting a new-ish 40gb hard drive that has been jumpered to 32gb setting..
 
> I have not yet tried without the /!SETMAX  as I doubt very much wether
> this is safe.  Previously without the /!SETMAX LVM would show an unused
> and unformatted, un-partitioned section at the end of the drive.

What size? ~8G? I imagine this is expected behavior, as you haven't yet
used LVM or DFSee to assign that space to any partition.
 
> In other words lvm would display the true disk size, including the area
> beyond the 32gb limit.

That should be exactly what you want, a 40G drive!
 
> I wonder if in fact the /!SETMAX is not quite on the 32gb boundary.?
> If it was in fact 32+gb then it would still be fighting the bios.?
> Is it possible to tell the drive it is less than 32gb in size.?
 
> Any thoughts Felix.?

Use the disk manufacturer's software to set the disk size below 32G, but
only if there is some mysterious reason for not wanting to use the whole
device in OS/2.
-- 
"You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
                                                John 8:32 NIV

 Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409

Felix Miata  ***  http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/partitioningindex.html



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