Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] 1.4b2 (with Volumesize Patch) or +Asun Patch
From: Patrik Schindler (poc@pocnet.net)
Date: Wed May 20 1998 - 02:09:37 EDT
>It sounds to me like the hard drive has not been corectly partitioned.
This /could/ be. I partitioned this disk on an Adaptec 2840. Last week I upgradet to new hardware (and a 2940).
>Either the BIOS has not correctly told linux what size the disk is, or
>incorrect BIOS parameters have been entered in the BIOS at startup.
The old and the new Adaptec have both extended translation disabled to get around such things. Oh, btw, it's NOT the boot-harddisk.
>A
>partition has then been created that is larger than the disk, therefore the
>errors trying to read beyond the end of the disk.
Hmm, don't think.
>Another possibility is a conflict with your ethernet card and whatever
>controls your hard drive. A IO port or IRQ conflict will meen that a write
>request for ethernet could be handled by the Had drive controler, therefore
>hoseing your drive.
Unlikely -> PCI.
>The only thing which is certain is that it is not possible for netatalk to
>directly hose the contents of your hard drive unless it deals directly with
>devices rather than throughthe file system, which it doesn't do.
Okay, thanks for your Advice.
I'm a little short of time, I've read the other answers (thank you all!) and I hope to get more into detail at the weekend.
:wq! PoC
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