Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263467AbTKKLxU (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Nov 2003 06:53:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263468AbTKKLxU (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Nov 2003 06:53:20 -0500 Received: from mailhost.tue.nl ([131.155.2.7]:57860 "EHLO mailhost.tue.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263467AbTKKLxS (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Nov 2003 06:53:18 -0500 Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 12:53:16 +0100 From: Andries Brouwer To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Cc: Flavio Bruno Leitner , Subject: Re: IDE disk information changed from 2.4 to 2.6 Message-ID: <20031111115316.GB16163@win.tue.nl> References: <20031105184203.GG5304@conectiva.com.br> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.25i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 945 Lines: 24 On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 08:41:58PM +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > In 2.6.x it doesn't even read BIOS info (which is wrong IMO, it should > do this but only as last resort - if partition can't be mounted). How can reading information that is not used by any kernel help in mounting a partition? > Difference in CHS translation should matter only if you have some old DOS > partitions created using CHS information. Then you can force geometry > using boot parameter "hd?=". Unfortunately I've seen recently bugreport > when 2.4.20 (?) works and 2.6.x fails even with forced geometry. Fails? What do you mean? (Are you referring to the problem of finding the last cylinder?) 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/