From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Werner Almesberger <wa@almesberger.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Kernel & BIOS return differing head/sector geometries
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 21:27:42 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3EF7D33E.6060009@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030624012220.E1418@almesberger.net>
Werner Almesberger wrote:
> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
>>Actually, unless you have it "linear" or "lba32", LILO *does* use
>>CHS. Unfortunately.
>
>
> Distribution makers shouldn't be overly impressed by this default,
> and just put "lba32" into any new lilo.conf they generate, or at
> least offer the option to do so.
>
> Keeping the old CHS default makes sure that people upgrading LILO
> on an already configured (and probably quite ancient) system that
> really needs CHS don't get a nasty surprise.
>
Presumably "linear", not "lba32". I *presume* LILO has enough
wherewithal to use EBIOS if it's available and fall back to CBIOS
otherwise for at least one of these options. I at least thought "lba32"
would force EBIOS usage.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-06-24 4:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-06-23 23:09 Kernel & BIOS return differing head/sector geometries Luis Miguel Garcia
2003-06-23 23:39 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-06-24 0:31 ` Frank Cusack
2003-06-24 8:14 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-06-24 3:45 ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-06-24 4:22 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-06-24 4:27 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2003-06-24 11:13 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-06-24 15:29 ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-06-24 15:42 ` John Coffman
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