Re: Detected hard disk geometry changed after installing FC2T2

[Alan Cox <alan redhat com>]

On Fri, Apr 02, 2004 at 01:28:04PM -0500, Will Backman wrote:
> > 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
> > 
> > 
> Do you have the latest BIOS updates?  It is unfair to ask the kernel to
> work with a BIOS that is misreporting hardware.

This BIOS is functioning correctly, its a bug in FC2T2.