Re: Kernel & BIOS return differing head/sector geometries

H. Peter Anvin
2003-06-24T04:13:48Z

Werner Almesberger wrote:
> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
>>Actually, unless you have it "linear" or "lba32", LILO *does* use
>>CHS. Unfortunately.
>
>
> Distribution makers shouldn't be overly impressed by this default,
> and just put "lba32" into any new lilo.conf they generate, or at
> least offer the option to do so.
>
> Keeping the old CHS default makes sure that people upgrading LILO
> on an already configured (and probably quite ancient) system that
> really needs CHS don't get a nasty surprise.
>

Presumably "linear", not "lba32". I *presume* LILO has enough
wherewithal to use EBIOS if it's available and fall back to CBIOS
otherwise for at least one of these options. I at least thought "lba32"
would force EBIOS usage.

-hpa