Detected hard disk geometry changed after installing FC2T2
Hervé Pagès
pages at inrp.fr
Fri Apr 2 20:02:45 UTC 2004
Will Backman wrote:
>>My disk is a Seagate 120 GB, model ST380021A with 8MB of cache.
>>
>>Depending on the "Access Mode" in use, my BIOS detect the following
>>geometry :
>>
>> o "Access Mode" set on "Auto" o "Access Mode" set on "LBA"
>> Cylinder = 38309 Cylinder = 9729
>> Head = 16 Head = 255
>> Sector = 255 Sector = 63
>>
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>Do you have the latest BIOS updates? It is unfair to ask the kernel to
>work with a BIOS that is misreporting hardware.
>
>
>
I just flashed my BIOS from FN41S015 to FN41S025 (Shuttle FN41 motherboard)
but it still detects the above 2 geometries.
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