cvs commit: src/sbin/fdisk fdisk.c

Nate Lawson nate at root.org
Sat Mar 29 14:11:24 PST 2003


On Sat, 29 Mar 2003, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>   Modified files:
>     sbin/fdisk           fdisk.c 
>   Log:
>   Use default geometry in case the device doesn't provide one:
>           512 for sectorsize.
>           63 for sectors.
>           255 for heads.
>   This will mostly show up on MD(4) devices.

Won't this be a problem for small devices or for int 13 booting?  That's
why we use 64 heads, 32 sectors for scsi devices < 1 GB.

-Nate



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