Sda boot parameter is not working

[Rick Stevens]

George Hansen wrote:
> When I enter linux sda=1106,255,63 after booting to CD1, the system still uses the incorrect CHS settings. What am I doing wrong?

The parameters are "sda=cyl/heads/sec" (slashes, not commas).  Besides,
SCSI really doesn't use CHS numbering.  A SCSI disk is treated like a
contiguous string of "n" blocks.  CHS is really only significant when
you have an IDE or (god forbid) an ancient ST506 or ST412 drive that
doesn't support LBA mode.

Why are you forcing a CHS on this anyway?  Any particular reason?  Is
your BIOS too dead to sort it out?
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