Hard drive not detected properly by linux

[Ted Ozolins]

On Sunday 14 July 2002 13:16, Joel Hammer wrote:


> Hard disk 2  : /dev/hdb
>    Model     : MAXTOR 6L080J4
>    Serial No : 664132556833
>    Capacity  : 76340 MB
>    Cache     : 1819 KB
>    CHS (log) : 9732 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors
>    CHS (phy) : 16383 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors
> Hard disk 4  : /dev/hdd
>    Model     : MAXTOR 6L080L4
>    Serial No : 664209711463
>    Capacity  : 11833 MB
>    Cache     : 1819 KB
>    CHS (log) : 24042 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors   <-----------------
>    CHS (phy) : 16383 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors  <-----------------

Are these last two lines a typo? If not you have a definate problem here. How 
can the physical and the log have the same heads and sectors but diferent 
cyl's?

Ted Ozolins (VE7TVO)
Westbank, B. C.