Re: Disk Geometries reported incorrectly on 2.6.0-testX

[Andrew Clausen]

On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 03:24:52PM +0100, Andries Brouwer wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 10:28:54AM +0530, Apurva Mehta wrote:
> 
> > On 2.6.0-testx kernels, I have noticed that there are problems with
> > GNU Parted. Parted says that the disk geometries reported by the
> > kernel are incorrect.
> 
> Yes. Parted should be fixed not to complain.
> There is no such thing as a "correct" disk geometry.

Yes there is.  "Correct" is defined by the BIOS.  It is important
for boot loaders (in particular Windows).  I'm not sure if this
is still a big issue worth worrying about.

Cheers,
Andrew

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