Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265649AbTFXDbu (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Jun 2003 23:31:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265650AbTFXDbu (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Jun 2003 23:31:50 -0400 Received: from neon-gw-l3.transmeta.com ([63.209.4.196]:44294 "EHLO neon-gw.transmeta.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265649AbTFXDbt (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Jun 2003 23:31:49 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: Kernel & BIOS return differing head/sector geometries Date: 23 Jun 2003 20:45:23 -0700 Organization: Transmeta Corporation, Santa Clara CA Message-ID: References: <20030624010906.08ad32f3.ktech@wanadoo.es> <20030624013908.B1133@pclin040.win.tue.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Disclaimer: Not speaking for Transmeta in any way, shape, or form. Copyright: Copyright 2003 H. Peter Anvin - All Rights Reserved Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 798 Lines: 21 Followup to: <20030624013908.B1133@pclin040.win.tue.nl> By author: Andries Brouwer In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > Linux does not use the BIOS, and does not use CHS either, so geometry is > totally and completely irrelevant to Linux. > Actually, unless you have it "linear" or "lba32", LILO *does* use CHS. Unfortunately. -hpa -- at work, in private! "Unix gives you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot." Architectures needed: ia64 m68k mips64 ppc ppc64 s390 s390x sh v850 x86-64 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/