From: Andries Brouwer <aebr@win.tue.nl>
To: Wakko Warner <wakko@animx.eu.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6 and IDE "geometry"
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 21:27:41 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031214202741.GA11909@win.tue.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20031214112728.A8201@animx.eu.org>
On Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 11:27:28AM -0500, Wakko Warner wrote:
> > Or does it suffice to take */255/63 always?
>
> I would say most cases use the 255/63
Good. So you can try constant geometry setting with *fdisk.
> with drives >4gb. Is there anyway to query the bios to ask it?
Yes, and that is what the kernel used to do.
In general, however, the answer is unreliable.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-12-14 20:27 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
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 [this message]
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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