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From: Denis Vlasenko <vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua>
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To: Hacksaw <hacksaw@hacksaw.org>, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk <roy@karlsbakk.net>
Subject: Re: LILO probs
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 12:16:59 -0200
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On 7 October 2002 06:26, Hacksaw wrote:
> > > Disk /dev/hda: 16 heads, 63 sectors, 38792 cylinders
> > >
> > > Nr AF  Hd Sec  Cyl  Hd Sec  Cyl    Start     Size ID
> > >  1 80   1   1    0  15  63  609       63   614817 83
> > >  2 00   0   1  610  15  63 1023   614880 10486224 83
> > >  3 00  15  63 1023  15  63 1023 11101104  4194288 83
> > >  4 00  15  63 1023  15  63 1023 15295392 23806944 0f
> > >  5 00  15  63 1023  15  63 1023       63  2097585 83
> > >  6 00  15  63 1023  15  63 1023       63  1048257 83
> > >  7 00  15  63 1023  15  63 1023       63  1048257 82
> > >  8 00  15  63 1023  15  63 1023       63 19612593 83
>
> It's a very confusing table, but more importantly it seems to imply
> that /dev/hda{5,6,7,8} all start at cylinder 63, and end in a variety
> of places.

It's a sector offset, not a cylinder.
Also extended partition method of storing offsets is 'interesting' :-(
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vda
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