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Re: Disk Geometries reported incorrectly on 2.6.0-testX
From: |
Andrew Clausen |
Subject: |
Re: Disk Geometries reported incorrectly on 2.6.0-testX |
Date: |
Sat, 29 Nov 2003 13:22:21 +1100 |
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Mutt/1.5.4i |
On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 03:24:52PM +0100, Andries Brouwer wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 10:28:54AM +0530, Apurva Mehta wrote:
>
> > On 2.6.0-testx kernels, I have noticed that there are problems with
> > GNU Parted. Parted says that the disk geometries reported by the
> > kernel are incorrect.
>
> Yes. Parted should be fixed not to complain.
> There is no such thing as a "correct" disk geometry.
Yes there is. "Correct" is defined by the BIOS. It is important
for boot loaders (in particular Windows). I'm not sure if this
is still a big issue worth worrying about.
Cheers,
Andrew
- Re: Disk Geometries reported incorrectly on 2.6.0-testX, Andries Brouwer, 2003/11/28
- Re: Disk Geometries reported incorrectly on 2.6.0-testX,
Andrew Clausen <=
- Re: Disk Geometries reported incorrectly on 2.6.0-testX, Andries Brouwer, 2003/11/29
- Re: Disk Geometries reported incorrectly on 2.6.0-testX, John Bradford, 2003/11/29
- Re: Disk Geometries reported incorrectly on 2.6.0-testX, Stefan Smietanowski, 2003/11/29
- Re: Disk Geometries reported incorrectly on 2.6.0-testX, Sven Luther, 2003/11/29
- Re: Disk Geometries reported incorrectly on 2.6.0-testX, Andries Brouwer, 2003/11/29