> Hi, > > I'm having some trouble adjusting setup_harddisks to do what I want. > > I want to partition a hard disk with 56 tracks and 256 heads and that each > partition starts on a cylinder that is a multiple of 8. > What is it that forces you to do this?
> I have found that I can the sfdisk variable in my class.var to get the > track and head info correct. > > But to let each partition start on a cylinder that is multiple is giving > some hard time. > > %MPSize() and %MPStart = () see to be the two hashes that I need to fix. > However, they are used so many times for further calculations that it is > difficult to see which part has an effect on what other part. > > Anybody in the house that give some advice? > I have not looked into the setup_harddisks code as detailed as this, I'd rather ask you to give setup-storage a try :-) It shouldn't be too much hassle to enforce this in the new code, at least I know it quite well :-) Best, Michael
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