Messages in this thread | | | From | "Petr Vandrovec" <> | Date | Tue, 6 Aug 2002 14:19:29 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 2.5.30 IDE 112 |
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On 6 Aug 02 at 12:27, Andries Brouwer wrote: > On Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 10:50:42AM +0200, Marcin Dalecki wrote: > > - Just removaing dead obscure xlate_1024 code. > > Command line options must be added to ask for what this > xlate_1024 code did earlier. So, some fragments of what you remove > in this patch will have to come back in some form.
FYI I had to use hda=cyls,255,63 to repartition my HDD. BIOS refused to report proper size (120GB) when partition table was empty, or when it contained partitions created for xxx/16/63 geometry. It reported size ~600MB, and actively refused to allow access above this limit...
With removed (either completely, or just disabling as it is now) xlate_1024 code please talk to [cs]fdisk maintainer (and other) to print big fat warning and to allow specify BIOS heads/sectors, otherwise partitioning of empty disk in the way compatible with non-Linux OSes (Netware, Windows) is not an easy task. Petr Vandrovec
# lilo Warning: Int 0x13 function 8 and function 0x48 return different head/sector geometries for BIOS drive 0x81 fn 08: 788 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors fn 48: 13424 cylinders, 15 heads, 63 sectors Warning: Kernel & BIOS return differing head/sector geometries for device 0x80 Kernel: 35973 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors BIOS: 1023 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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