Messages in this thread | | | From | Andries.Brouwer@cwi ... | Date | Thu, 8 Aug 2002 14:29:44 +0200 (MEST) | Subject | Re: [bug, 2.5.29, IDE] partition table corruption? |
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> Its not a bug in lilo.
We disagree here.
> Its a bug in the new kernel.
We disagree again.
> Breaking backward compatibility arbitrarily is bad.
Of course.
> The kernel needs to know geometry anyway
Let me repeat: Geometry does not exist. It is impossible to know something that does not exist. I can boot seven different kernels on my present machine and get seven different geometries for /dev/hda. You see that even "backward compatibility" is a dubious concept here. Compatibility with what?
Even the BIOS is not consistent, and different BIOS functions report different geometries.
We have had layer upon layer of bandaids. I think the time is long overdue to get rid of it all.
> for the folks who have force ide translation
Can you elaborate on what you mean by "force ide translation" ?
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