Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264591AbTK3AjO (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Nov 2003 19:39:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264592AbTK3AjN (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Nov 2003 19:39:13 -0500 Received: from mailhost.tue.nl ([131.155.2.7]:10508 "EHLO mailhost.tue.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264591AbTK3AjL (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Nov 2003 19:39:11 -0500 Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 01:39:04 +0100 From: Andries Brouwer To: Sven Luther Cc: John Bradford , Szakacsits Szabolcs , Apurva Mehta , Linux Kernel Mailing List , bug-parted@gnu.org Subject: Re: Disk Geometries reported incorrectly on 2.6.0-testX Message-ID: <20031130003904.GB5465@win.tue.nl> References: <20031128045854.GA1353@home.woodlands> <20031128142452.GA4737@win.tue.nl> <20031129022221.GA516@gnu.org> <20031129123451.GA5372@win.tue.nl> <200311291350.hATDo0CY001142@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> <20031129170103.GA6092@iliana> <20031129221424.GA5456@win.tue.nl> <20031129224411.GA9214@iliana> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031129224411.GA9214@iliana> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.25i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 11:44:11PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > That said, i really doubt that a standard BIOS can boot from a not MBR > containing disk, but i may be wrong. The BIOS reads the MBR and jumps to the code loaded from there. There is no need for any partition table, or, if there is a table, for any particular format. It is all up to the code that is found in the MBR. - 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/