Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2002 19:06:13 -0500 From: Dave Uhring <duhring@charter.net> To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>, Hans Lambermont <hans@lambermont.dyndns.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fdisk seems broken for slices above cyl 1023 Message-ID: <auto-000027375458@dc-mx03.cluster1.charter.net> In-Reply-To: <20020616233233.GC56375@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <20020616232401.C91106@moya.lambermont.dyndns.org> <20020616233233.GC56375@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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On Sunday 16 June 2002 06:32 pm, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > > Yes, correct. fdisk truncates the cylinder number to 10 bits. I > looked at the code a couple of days ago, but it's such a mess that > the best thing to do would be to throw it away and start again, > possibly importing something from NetBSD or OpenBSD. The fdisk utility from both NetBSD and OpenBSD have been unable to=20 recognize any drive larger than 1024 cylinders in my experience. I=20 would recommend you use them before importing any of their code. The only fdisk utility which I have found to work consistently well=20 with large drives is the one used in the Linux distros. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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