On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Scott Rohling <[email protected]>wrote:
> No - that's not true... Linux doesn't care about 3390 model numbers -- it > takes the cylinders it's given and is happy. > > The reason that I would define Mod27's as 30050 cylinders (actually 30049) > Is so that 3 3390-9 size minidisks (10016 cylinders) will fit perfectly. > (so: 3x10016 = 30048 + 1 for cylinder 0 ) > > That's the only plausible reason I see for picking that particular > number... > Right, my guess is that someone said "27 = 3 x 9 = 3 x 10016 = 30048". Then they added one for cyl0, then they got confused about origin 0/origin 1 and wound up at 30050.
