From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262115AbTLNQTZ (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Dec 2003 11:19:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262118AbTLNQTZ (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Dec 2003 11:19:25 -0500 Received: from dial249.pm3abing3.abingdonpm.naxs.com ([216.98.75.249]:9371 "EHLO animx.eu.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262115AbTLNQTY (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Dec 2003 11:19:24 -0500 Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 11:27:28 -0500 From: Wakko Warner To: Andries Brouwer Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6 and IDE "geometry" Message-ID: <20031214112728.A8201@animx.eu.org> References: <20031212131704.A26577@animx.eu.org> <20031212194439.GB11215@win.tue.nl> <20031212163545.A26866@animx.eu.org> <20031213132208.GA11523@win.tue.nl> <20031213171800.A28547@animx.eu.org> <20031214144046.GA11870@win.tue.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <20031214144046.GA11870@win.tue.nl>; from Andries Brouwer on Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 03:40:46PM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > The script does use sfdisk to aquire the size and the user tells it just how > > large the partition to be and defaulting to the largest possible. If the > > geometry is wrong, the other OS won't boot. > > What interests me is: do you need varying geometry? > That is: do you sometimes need */16/63 and sometimes */255/63 > or even other values? > > Or does it suffice to take */255/63 always? I would say most cases use the 255/63, but I'm not 100% sure on that, just with drives >4gb. Is there anyway to query the bios to ask it? -- Lab tests show that use of micro$oft causes cancer in lab animals