From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Aug 4 12:39:00 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA19865 for hardware-outgoing; Sun, 4 Aug 1996 12:39:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from critter.tfs.com ([140.145.230.177]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA19856; Sun, 4 Aug 1996 12:38:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from critter.tfs.com (localhost.tfs.com [127.0.0.1]) by critter.tfs.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA02220; Sun, 4 Aug 1996 21:39:37 +0200 (MET DST) To: BRETT_GLASS@ccgate.infoworld.com cc: "Rodney W. Grimes" , msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, randy@zyzzyva.com, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mapped geometry vs. Actual In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 04 Aug 1996 11:24:24 PST." <9607048391.AA839179464@ccgate.infoworld.com> Date: Sun, 04 Aug 1996 21:39:36 +0200 Message-ID: <2218.839187576@critter.tfs.com> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In message <9607048391.AA839179464@ccgate.infoworld.com>, BRETT_GLASS@ccgate.in foworld.com writes: >>> It seems as if it also tries to force disk slices to >>> cylinder boundaries -- which is silly on ZBR drives or when sector >>> mapping is done. > >> That is to maintain compatibility with other operating systems, if you >> don't do this some other OS's fdisk may try to ``fix'' your MBR partition >> table for you and make a royal mess of things instead. > >I said "slices," not "partitions." FreeBSD seems to insist upon moving >things to cylinder boundaries even within partitions. That is also for backwards compatibility mode. 386BSD :-) we could nuke that now... -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.