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
>>
>>
>>    
>>
>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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