Re: Linux 2.2.0ac2

Matthias Urlichs (smurf@noris.de)
28 Jan 1999 23:20:46 +0100

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alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox) writes:
>
> I missed out the rest of the fixes for 2048 byte media are in - I'd like
> to thank both the mindreaders who sent me most of the fixes just as Fujitsu
> sent me the M/O drive and Fujitsu for the drive ..
>
Why a MO drive? Just take any Fujitsu disk you can get hold of, and reformat
it with a low level blocksize of 2048 bytes. Bingo.

You'll get more capacity out of the beast as a neat side effect. The
downside is that you may or may not be able to boot from it afterwards. :-/

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