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Re: Parted gets wrong geometry, hangs writing filesystem


From: Andrew Clausen
Subject: Re: Parted gets wrong geometry, hangs writing filesystem
Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 23:00:19 +1000

Matt Wilson wrote:
> > Everyone will be using LBA, anyway.
> 
> You can get LBA state and geomertry this way too.

Yeah, but linux disk drivers can get this directly (and not
via the BIOS).

CHS is only needed for boot loaders, and compatibility
with other OSs.  It is not defined by hardware, but by
the BIOS.

LBA is defined by the disk.

Andrew Clausen



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