Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 29 Mar 2000 12:12:59 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: Answer (Re: Cylinder limits jumper for drives over 32GB) |
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Hi!
> Second point, if I do set the "protected memory area" to retain the drive > size, I have to guarentee that Linux will revert the drive capacity to a > limit below the 32GB......... > > AGAIN, you expect LINUX to absorb the WRATH of FS DESTRUCTION, if for some > reason you have to boot a resque-disk that does not have this little > disk-inflator feature..........
What happens? Currently booted linux sees partition table horribly wrong and refusing to mount partitions that span last 8Gig. Where is the FS destruction?
> FS CORUPTION is one thing (accidently introduced and fixed) > FS DESTRUCTION is another thing (caused by willful tinkering with a > device) Pavel -- I'm pavel@ucw.cz. "In my country we have almost anarchy and I don't care." Panos Katsaloulis describing me w.r.t. patents me at discuss@linmodems.org
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