Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265144AbTGKTx7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Jul 2003 15:53:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265810AbTGKTxq (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Jul 2003 15:53:46 -0400 Received: from kweetal.tue.nl ([131.155.3.6]:29709 "EHLO kweetal.tue.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265144AbTGKTxQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Jul 2003 15:53:16 -0400 Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 22:07:55 +0200 From: Andries Brouwer To: Alan Cox Cc: Dave Jones , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: 2.5 'what to expect' Message-ID: <20030711200755.GA20970@win.tue.nl> References: <20030711140219.GB16433@suse.de> <1057933578.20636.17.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1057933578.20636.17.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.25i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 747 Lines: 20 > > - IDE disk geometry translators like OnTrack, EZ Partition, Disk Manager > > are no longer supported. The only way forward is to remove the translator > > from the drive, and start over. > > Or to use device mapper to remap the disk. Or to use boot parameters: * "hdx=remap63" : add 63 to all sector numbers (for OnTrack DM) * "hdx=remap" : remap 0->1 (for EZDrive) (So, I think the language "no longer supported" is a bit strong. Maybe "no longer autodetected".) Andries - 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/