Re: IDE Disk Geometry detection/default

Daniel Ryde (ryde@tripnet.se)
Fri, 9 Jan 1998 09:45:07 +0100 (CET)


On 8 Jan 1998, Aaron M. Ucko wrote:

> Daniel Ryde <ryde@tripnet.se> writes:
>
> > > Not that it matters. Geometries are used only by fdisk,
> > > not normal system operation.
> >
> > And lilo, the bootloader. Rather important.
>
> So add "linear" to your lilo.conf.

Yes, that have worked most of the times, but you have to make sure the
geometries match. Otherwise lilo will barf.

It seems that on hda the kernel looks in the BIOS for the geometry, and
for hdc it looks on the HD. I have'nt checked the source though.

/Ryde