Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 23 Jun 2003 21:27:42 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Kernel & BIOS return differing head/sector geometries |
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Werner Almesberger wrote: > H. Peter Anvin wrote: > >>Actually, unless you have it "linear" or "lba32", LILO *does* use >>CHS. Unfortunately. > > > Distribution makers shouldn't be overly impressed by this default, > and just put "lba32" into any new lilo.conf they generate, or at > least offer the option to do so. > > Keeping the old CHS default makes sure that people upgrading LILO > on an already configured (and probably quite ancient) system that > really needs CHS don't get a nasty surprise. >
Presumably "linear", not "lba32". I *presume* LILO has enough wherewithal to use EBIOS if it's available and fall back to CBIOS otherwise for at least one of these options. I at least thought "lba32" would force EBIOS usage.
-hpa
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