linux-kernel - Re: Fwd: PROBLEM: ide messages during boot caused by a strange partition table

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Message-Id: <1154356290.7230.31.camel@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Mon, 31 Jul 2006 15:31:30 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	marco gaddoni <marco.gaddoni@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Fwd: PROBLEM: ide messages during boot caused by a strange
	partition table

Ar Llu, 2006-07-31 am 15:17 +0200, ysgrifennodd marco gaddoni:
> is it correct that the max lba sect is LBAsects=156368016 and the kernel
> is asking for 1052835654, 10 times more ?

No you are right - I miscounted the digits in the original report. 

I'm still dubious the partition table is involved unless you've since
booted Windows and the two have been overwriting bits of each other.

What tool created the broken partition table - do you know, and which OS
was installed first ?

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