From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: ATA 4 KiB sector issues. Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:42:58 +0900 Message-ID: <4B9F2872.4060309@kernel.org> References: <4B947393.2050002@kernel.org> <201003100046.24695.arnd@arndb.de> <1158166a1003100114j6ea329fbh84bfad65dcac90bf@mail.gmail.com> <4B9EED55.10201@kernel.org> <1268720060.21384.10.camel@mulgrave.site> <4B9F2388.2030803@kernel.org> <4B9F2746.3010105@earthlink.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from hera.kernel.org ([140.211.167.34]:51947 "EHLO hera.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752763Ab0CPGnC (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:43:02 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4B9F2746.3010105@earthlink.net> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Felix Miata Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Hello, On 03/16/2010 03:37 PM, Felix Miata wrote: > On 2010/03/16 15:22 (GMT+0900) Tejun Heo composed: > >> Most BIOSs these days will simply report the geometry as >> being 255/63 regardless of the geometry used during partitioning > > In my experience this "most" only applies to desktop motherboard BIOS. Most > laptop BIOS seem to prefer 240, as do many external USB HD case controllers, > and older but not that antique Compaq desktops. Hmmm... interesting, does that hold for modern laptops too? It doesn't really change the situation much tho. It's just another arbitrary geometry that BIOS reports that we can't really do much about. Thanks. -- tejun