Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 14 Dec 2003 16:23:48 -0500 | From | Wakko Warner <> | Subject | Re: 2.6 and IDE "geometry" |
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> > > Or does it suffice to take */255/63 always? > > > > I would say most cases use the 255/63 > > Good. So you can try constant geometry setting with *fdisk. > > > with drives >4gb. Is there anyway to query the bios to ask it? > > Yes, and that is what the kernel used to do. > In general, however, the answer is unreliable.
anyway to get this unreliable answer back? =)
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