Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 11 Nov 2003 12:53:16 +0100 | From | Andries Brouwer <> | Subject | Re: IDE disk information changed from 2.4 to 2.6 |
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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
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