From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261193AbTK2WoU (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Nov 2003 17:44:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261460AbTK2WoT (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Nov 2003 17:44:19 -0500 Received: from smtp3.wanadoo.fr ([193.252.22.28]:56690 "EHLO mwinf0301.wanadoo.fr") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261193AbTK2WoO (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Nov 2003 17:44:14 -0500 Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 23:44:11 +0100 To: Andries Brouwer Cc: Sven Luther , John Bradford , Szakacsits Szabolcs , Apurva Mehta , Linux Kernel Mailing List , bug-parted@gnu.org Subject: Re: Disk Geometries reported incorrectly on 2.6.0-testX Message-ID: <20031129224411.GA9214@iliana> References: <20031128045854.GA1353@home.woodlands> <20031128142452.GA4737@win.tue.nl> <20031129022221.GA516@gnu.org> <20031129123451.GA5372@win.tue.nl> <200311291350.hATDo0CY001142@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> <20031129170103.GA6092@iliana> <20031129221424.GA5456@win.tue.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031129221424.GA5456@win.tue.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i From: Sven Luther Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 11:14:24PM +0100, Andries Brouwer wrote: > On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 06:01:03PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > > The only problem is that your BIOS will probably not be able > > to boot from it > > You seem to misunderstand the boot sequence. > The BIOS does not generally do any parsing of partition tables. A, ok. I am more familiar with open firmware, which does contain partition table reading code. That said, i really doubt that a standard BIOS can boot from a not MBR containing disk, but i may be wrong. Friendly, Sven Luther