On Mon, 1 Jul 2002, Flemming Frandsen wrote: > Now for the questions: > * Is there a way to change the logical geometry of disk 2, so I can > partition correctly (well if there is then this post is OT)? You can use 'hdx=c,h,s' kernel parameter on boot. You can also use fdisk's expert menu to change the geometry while creating the partitions. I don't know if the later alone is enough, I prefer to use the kernel parameter and only use the fdisk trick to skip one reboot. Remember to replace 'hdx' with your actual device name... :) > * Is there a way to force the array to keep being the same size, even > after the smaller partition has failed? After the array is created, it doesn't (shouldn't) change. > * Why does the BIOS think that it's cool to translate similar disks > differently, are BIOS writers crackheads or was I just unlucky? All BIOSes seem to do that: Disks, connected to the primary IDE interface show 'correct' geometry, while disks, connected to the secondary interface don't. I hoped it would go away with recent bioses, but I'm affraid I'll just have to get used to it... :/ D. -- ___________________________________________________________________ | Danilo Godec | Agenda d.o.o. | ISP for business | | jr. Syst. Admin | Gosposvetska 84 | WAN networks | | danci@agenda.si | si-2000 Maribor | Internet/Intranet | | tel:+386.2.2340860 | Slovenija | Application servers | | fax:+386.2.2340854 | http://www.agenda.si | Caldera OpenLinux | - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
