Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263605AbTK2CR4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Nov 2003 21:17:56 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263607AbTK2CR4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Nov 2003 21:17:56 -0500 Received: from mail004.syd.optusnet.com.au ([211.29.132.145]:46016 "EHLO mail004.syd.optusnet.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263605AbTK2CRy (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Nov 2003 21:17:54 -0500 Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 13:22:21 +1100 From: Andrew Clausen To: Andries Brouwer Cc: Apurva Mehta , Linux Kernel Mailing List , bug-parted@gnu.org Subject: Re: Disk Geometries reported incorrectly on 2.6.0-testX Message-ID: <20031129022221.GA516@gnu.org> References: <20031128045854.GA1353@home.woodlands> <20031128142452.GA4737@win.tue.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031128142452.GA4737@win.tue.nl> X-Accept-Language: en,pt User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 - 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/