From: Andrew Clausen <clausen@gnu.org>
To: Andries Brouwer <aebr@win.tue.nl>
Cc: Apurva Mehta <apurva@gmx.net>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
bug-parted@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Disk Geometries reported incorrectly on 2.6.0-testX
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 13:22:21 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031129022221.GA516@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20031128142452.GA4737@win.tue.nl>
On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 03:24:52PM +0100, Andries Brouwer wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 10:28:54AM +0530, Apurva Mehta wrote:
>
> > On 2.6.0-testx kernels, I have noticed that there are problems with
> > GNU Parted. Parted says that the disk geometries reported by the
> > kernel are incorrect.
>
> Yes. Parted should be fixed not to complain.
> There is no such thing as a "correct" disk geometry.
Yes there is. "Correct" is defined by the BIOS. It is important
for boot loaders (in particular Windows). I'm not sure if this
is still a big issue worth worrying about.
Cheers,
Andrew
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-11-29 2:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-11-28 4:58 Disk Geometries reported incorrectly on 2.6.0-testX Apurva Mehta
2003-11-28 14:24 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-11-29 2:22 ` Andrew Clausen [this message]
2003-11-29 5:16 ` Szakacsits Szabolcs
2003-11-29 9:18 ` Sven Luther
2003-11-29 12:41 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-11-30 11:44 ` Szakacsits Szabolcs
2003-11-30 15:19 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-11-29 12:34 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-11-29 13:50 ` John Bradford
2003-11-29 14:04 ` Stefan Smietanowski
2003-11-29 17:01 ` Sven Luther
2003-11-29 22:14 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-11-29 22:44 ` Sven Luther
2003-11-30 0:39 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-11-30 9:35 ` Sergey Vlasov
2003-11-29 22:31 ` Andrew Clausen
2003-11-30 8:57 ` Arjan van de Ven
2003-11-30 7:38 ` Szakacsits Szabolcs
2003-11-30 10:40 ` John Bradford
2003-11-30 11:24 ` Sven Luther
2003-11-30 13:48 ` John Bradford
2003-11-30 17:22 ` Sven Luther
2003-11-30 23:51 ` Andrew Clausen
2003-11-30 22:54 ` Andrew Clausen
2003-11-29 22:27 ` Andrew Clausen
2003-11-30 0:34 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-11-30 11:10 ` Szakacsits Szabolcs
2003-11-30 13:26 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-11-30 12:34 ` Szakacsits Szabolcs
2003-11-30 15:46 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-11-29 22:33 ` Andrew Clausen
2003-11-30 9:16 ` Szakacsits Szabolcs
2003-12-03 11:05 ` Andrew Clausen
2003-12-03 11:28 ` Szakacsits Szabolcs
2003-12-03 11:54 ` Andrew Clausen
2003-12-03 13:07 ` Szakacsits Szabolcs
2003-12-03 23:27 ` Andrew Clausen
2003-12-03 21:55 ` Szakacsits Szabolcs
2003-12-03 23:47 ` bill davidsen
[not found] <200311300220.hAU2K0dr019280@sunrise.pg.gda.pl>
2003-11-30 2:22 ` Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
2003-11-30 13:13 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-11-30 13:58 ` John Bradford
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-11-30 7:08 Norman Diamond
2003-11-30 7:08 Norman Diamond
2003-11-30 12:49 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-12-03 11:06 ` Andrew Clausen
2003-12-03 14:42 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-12-03 23:11 ` Andrew Clausen
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