Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 11 Nov 1999 00:38:14 +0100 | From | Torsten Landschoff <> | Subject | Re: genhd.c - can't turn DDO off!?? |
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On Wed, Nov 10, 1999 at 08:00:20PM +0100, Guest section DW wrote:
> Yes. But now let us read the Large Disk HOWTO: > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > If the Linux kernel detects the presence of some disk manager > on an IDE disk, it will try to remap the disk in the same way > this disk manager would have done, so that Linux sees the same > disk partitioning as for example DOS with OnTrack or EZ-Drive. > However, NO remapping is done when a geometry was specified > on the command line > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > (The details are a bit dependent upon kernel version. > This was written for 2.0.*. If you are running 2.3.* > and have problems, come back and I can explain the 2.3.* details.)
I should have been more verbose... I was writing that after using the "hda=c,h,s" kernel parameter to get around it. Just wanted to mention that there should be an option to do that in a running system. I don't like rebooting because of something like drive geometry... :)
cu Torsten
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