Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 6 Aug 2002 08:16:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 6 Aug 2002 08:16:10 -0400 Received: from zikova.cvut.cz ([147.32.235.100]:19474 "EHLO zikova.cvut.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 6 Aug 2002 08:16:09 -0400 From: "Petr Vandrovec" Organization: CC CTU Prague To: Andries Brouwer Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 14:19:29 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.5.30 IDE 112 CC: Kernel Mailing List , Linus Torvalds , martin@dalecki.de X-mailer: Pegasus Mail v3.50 Message-ID: <13C83160220@vcnet.vc.cvut.cz> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1702 Lines: 33 On 6 Aug 02 at 12:27, Andries Brouwer wrote: > On Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 10:50:42AM +0200, Marcin Dalecki wrote: > > - Just removaing dead obscure xlate_1024 code. > > Command line options must be added to ask for what this > xlate_1024 code did earlier. So, some fragments of what you remove > in this patch will have to come back in some form. FYI I had to use hda=cyls,255,63 to repartition my HDD. BIOS refused to report proper size (120GB) when partition table was empty, or when it contained partitions created for xxx/16/63 geometry. It reported size ~600MB, and actively refused to allow access above this limit... With removed (either completely, or just disabling as it is now) xlate_1024 code please talk to [cs]fdisk maintainer (and other) to print big fat warning and to allow specify BIOS heads/sectors, otherwise partitioning of empty disk in the way compatible with non-Linux OSes (Netware, Windows) is not an easy task. Petr Vandrovec # lilo Warning: Int 0x13 function 8 and function 0x48 return different head/sector geometries for BIOS drive 0x81 fn 08: 788 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors fn 48: 13424 cylinders, 15 heads, 63 sectors Warning: Kernel & BIOS return differing head/sector geometries for device 0x80 Kernel: 35973 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors BIOS: 1023 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors - 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/