Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 12 Dec 2003 20:44:39 +0100 | From | Andries Brouwer <> | Subject | Re: 2.6 and IDE "geometry" |
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On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 01:17:04PM -0500, Wakko Warner wrote:
> Is there anyway to get kernel 2.6 to use the geometry > the bios has for an IDE drive?
The kernel does not use any geometry.
> I have a installation setup that installs a non-linux os and I partition the > drive under linux. In 2.4 this has worked flawlessly, however, 2.6 reports > as # cylinders/16 heads/63 sectors.
Aha. So your real question is: "Is there any way to get *fdisk to use my favorite geometry?" The answer is: all common fdisk versions allow you to set the geometry.
Andries
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