[vdr] Re: AW: Maxtor 160 GB

["Ralf Spitzauer" <ralf@spitzauer.de>]

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> From: vdr-bounce@linuxtv.org [mailto:vdr-bounce@linuxtv.org]On Behalf Of
> Rainer Zocholl
> Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 10:24 AM
> To: vdr@linuxtv.org
> Subject: [vdr] Re: AW: Maxtor 160 GB
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> ralf@spitzauer.de(Ralf Spitzauer)  02.03.02 09:56
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> Once upon a time Ralf Spitzauer shaped the electrons to say...
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> >> 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
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> Have you tried to fill up the disc entirely?
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Yes, but it donīt work (read the older postings in this thread)

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> >Do I need the patch or a newer kernel?
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> >> 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?

Look in the older postings of this thread, there is a disk test tool from
Carsten Koch

Ralf

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> Jepp, where?
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