From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 09:50:09 -0400 From: Russ Cox To: Vester Thacker , Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] partition boundaries out of range - revisted In-Reply-To: <32a656c2050430064571dc3a9e@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <32a656c2050430064571dc3a9e@mail.gmail.com> Cc: Topicbox-Message-UUID: 436d1106-ead0-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 It sounds like your 9load doesn't have the ATA48 support in it. I'm running out the door or I'd check. But the PC kernel version definitely has it, so compare the two sdata.c. 9load is only seeing 268435455*512 =3D 137GB of the disk. Russ On 4/30/05, Vester Thacker wrote: > Hello everyone, >=20 > I was setting up a Plan 9 machine using the Fossil+Venti option. > Everything installed well, but upon booting the new system I receive > the following error: >=20 > cannot add sdC0!plan9 [63,390720960) to disk [0,268435455): partition > boundaries out of range >=20 > >From that point I am left with only two options, boot from fd0 or > ether0. Neither being what is desired. >=20 > I read the 9fans archive to find a solution but to no avail. My first > guess is that the problem lies somewhere within sdata.c or 9load. >=20 > Any ideas on how to correct the "partition boundaries out of range" probl= em? >=20 > -vester >=20 > P.S.- Here's some more info: >=20 > 200GB hard drive. > Cylinder: 65535 > Heads: 16 > Sectors: 255 >=20 > PBS...Plan 9 from Bell Labs > ELCR: 0EA0 > apm ax=3Df000 cx=3Df000 dx=3Dfdf8 di=3D0 ebx=3D7f1c esi=3D1fff03e4 > dev A0 port 1F0 config 0C5A capabilities 2F00 mwdma 0007 udma 203F > dev B0 port 170 config 85C0 capabilities 0F00 mwdma 0007 udma 0407 > pcirouting: South bridge 1106, 3177 not found > cannot add sdC0!plan9 [63,390720960) to disk [0,268435455): partition > boundaries out of range > ether#0: 21140: port 0x9000 irq 10: 0090FE00A129 > Boot devices: fd0 ether0 >