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Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 14:53:06 +0100
To: Andries Brouwer <aebr@win.tue.nl>
Cc: Wakko Warner <wakko@animx.eu.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6 and IDE "geometry"
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From: Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>
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On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 08:44:39PM +0100, Andries Brouwer wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 01:17:04PM -0500, Wakko Warner wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> > 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 believe parted does not. Nor any of the libparted frontends. I may be
wrong though.

Friendly,

Sven Luther