> hda: max request size: 1024KiB Sane so far, LBA48 disk > hda: Host Protected Area detected. > current capacity is 78140160 sectors (40007 MB) > native capacity is 185074430006016 sectors (94758108163 MB) This comes from the identify data (bit 10 of the cfs_enable_1/command_set_1 fields in drivers ide) indicate the drive has an HPA so we try and read it. As there is no error report it seems the drive replied fine and we turn it into a rather bizarre value, but all our endian and the like code appears correct here. Is your IDE controller LBA48 capable ? > hda: task_no_data_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } > hda: task_no_data_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError } > ide: failed opcode was: 0x37 We try and set the disk size to 185074430006016 sectors.. it objects unsuprisingly to this proposal. Alan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html