From: Andries Brouwer <aebr@win.tue.nl>
To: Wakko Warner <wakko@animx.eu.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6 and IDE "geometry"
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 14:22:08 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031213132208.GA11523@win.tue.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20031212163545.A26866@animx.eu.org>
On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 04:35:45PM -0500, Wakko Warner wrote:
> > The kernel does not use any geometry.
>
> This I know, however, the kernel in the past has the geometry from the BIOS
The kernel made some attempts. It often worked and often failed.
> > So your real question is:
> > "Is there a way to get *fdisk to use my favorite geometry?"
> > The answer is: all common fdisk versions allow you to set the geometry.
>
> I realize this too, however, I need it to happen automatically and be
> consistent with the bios idea of the disk.
So you script sfdisk or so in order to setup large numbers of disks
and cannot use constant geometry settings because this is on many
different BIOSes that disagree on the desired geometry?
And this is all on disks smaller than 8 GB so that at least there can be
some geometry?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-12-13 13:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-12-12 18:17 2.6 and IDE "geometry" Wakko Warner
2003-12-12 19:44 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-12-12 21:35 ` Wakko Warner
2003-12-13 13:22 ` Andries Brouwer [this message]
2003-12-13 22:18 ` Wakko Warner
2003-12-14 14:40 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-12-14 16:27 ` Wakko Warner
2003-12-14 20:27 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-12-14 21:23 ` Wakko Warner
2003-12-14 22:03 ` Andries Brouwer
2003-12-15 20:02 ` Wakko Warner
2003-12-16 20:55 ` bill davidsen
2003-12-17 15:42 ` Wakko Warner
2003-12-16 13:53 ` Sven Luther
2003-12-16 17:17 ` John Bradford
2003-12-17 15:40 ` Wakko Warner
2003-12-17 16:16 ` Richard B. Johnson
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