From: Wakko Warner <wakko@animx.eu.org>
To: Andries Brouwer <aebr@win.tue.nl>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6 and IDE "geometry"
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 16:35:45 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031212163545.A26866@animx.eu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20031212194439.GB11215@win.tue.nl>; from Andries Brouwer on Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 08:44:39PM +0100
> > Is there anyway to get kernel 2.6 to use the geometry
> > the bios has for an IDE drive?
>
> The kernel does not use any geometry.
This I know, however, the kernel in the past has the geometry from the BIOS
> > I have a installation setup that installs a non-linux os and I partition the
> > drive under linux. In 2.4 this has worked flawlessly, however, 2.6 reports
> > as # cylinders/16 heads/63 sectors.
>
> Aha. So your real question is:
> "Is there any way to get *fdisk to use my favorite geometry?"
> The answer is: all common fdisk versions allow you to set the geometry.
I realize this too, however, I need it to happen automatically and be
consistent with the bios idea of the disk.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-12-12 21:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-12-12 18:17 2.6 and IDE "geometry" Wakko Warner
2003-12-12 19:44 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-12-12 21:35 ` Wakko Warner [this message]
2003-12-13 13:22 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-12-13 22:18 ` Wakko Warner
2003-12-14 14:40 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-12-14 16:27 ` Wakko Warner
2003-12-14 20:27 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-12-14 21:23 ` Wakko Warner
2003-12-14 22:03 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-12-15 20:02 ` Wakko Warner
2003-12-16 20:55 ` bill davidsen
2003-12-17 15:42 ` Wakko Warner
2003-12-16 13:53 ` Sven Luther
2003-12-16 17:17 ` John Bradford
2003-12-17 15:40 ` Wakko Warner
2003-12-17 16:16 ` Richard B. Johnson
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