Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 29 Nov 2003 13:22:21 +1100 | From | Andrew Clausen <> | Subject | Re: Disk Geometries reported incorrectly on 2.6.0-testX |
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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
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