Re: IDE Driver in Linux Reports different geometry that Netware during Volume and Partition Create,

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 14 Sep 1999 00:01:34 +0100 (BST)


> Boot messages report the wrong geometry as well. These newer drives use a
> EIDE command to get the correct geometry and typically, at least in modern
> times, don't rely on the information in CMOS since it can be incorrect.

Linux trusts

User command line settings (user set)
The partition table (user settable)
The BIOS (user settable probably)
The Driver (not user settable)

The order isnt co-incidental

Alan

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