Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 10 Nov 1999 19:21:37 -0500 (EST) | From | "Mike A. Harris" <> | Subject | Re: genhd.c - can't turn DDO off!?? |
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On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, Torsten Landschoff wrote:
>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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... :)
Compile IDE support as a module, and boot of initrd.
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