Bernie Innocenti wrote: > On 06/02/09 03:43, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >> Bernie Innocenti wrote: >>> Disk /dev/sdb: 2055 MB, 2055208960 bytes >>> 221 heads, 2 sectors/track, 9081 cylinders >> I don't know where fdisk, the Linux kernel, or whatever come up with >> these kinds of geometries. They're almost universally non-bootable. > > Ok, I wiped mbr and made fdisk create a new one: > > Disk /dev/sdb: 2055 MB, 2055208960 bytes > 64 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1011 cylinders ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Equally weird. The only "standard" ones are 64 heads, 32 sectors and 255 heads, 63 sectors. -hpa -- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
