From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264599AbTLMNWO (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 Dec 2003 08:22:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264931AbTLMNWO (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 Dec 2003 08:22:14 -0500 Received: from kweetal.tue.nl ([131.155.3.6]:35346 "EHLO kweetal.tue.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264599AbTLMNWN (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 Dec 2003 08:22:13 -0500 Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 14:22:08 +0100 From: Andries Brouwer To: Wakko Warner Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6 and IDE "geometry" Message-ID: <20031213132208.GA11523@win.tue.nl> References: <20031212131704.A26577@animx.eu.org> <20031212194439.GB11215@win.tue.nl> <20031212163545.A26866@animx.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031212163545.A26866@animx.eu.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.25i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 04:35:45PM -0500, Wakko Warner wrote: > > The kernel does not use any geometry. > > This I know, however, the kernel in the past has the geometry from the BIOS The kernel made some attempts. It often worked and often failed. > > So your real question is: > > "Is there a way to get *fdisk to use my favorite geometry?" > > The answer is: all common fdisk versions allow you to set the geometry. > > I realize this too, however, I need it to happen automatically and be > consistent with the bios idea of the disk. So you script sfdisk or so in order to setup large numbers of disks and cannot use constant geometry settings because this is on many different BIOSes that disagree on the desired geometry? And this is all on disks smaller than 8 GB so that at least there can be some geometry?