Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Tue, 16 Dec 2003 14:53:06 +0100 | Subject | Re: 2.6 and IDE "geometry" | From | Sven Luther <> |
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On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 08:44:39PM +0100, Andries Brouwer wrote: > On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 01:17:04PM -0500, Wakko Warner wrote: > > > Is there anyway to get kernel 2.6 to use the geometry > > the bios has for an IDE drive? > > The kernel does not use any geometry. > > > I have a installation setup that installs a non-linux os and I partition the > > drive under linux. In 2.4 this has worked flawlessly, however, 2.6 reports > > as # cylinders/16 heads/63 sectors. > > Aha. So your real question is: > "Is there any way to get *fdisk to use my favorite geometry?" > The answer is: all common fdisk versions allow you to set the geometry.
I believe parted does not. Nor any of the libparted frontends. I may be wrong though.
Friendly,
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