Re: Conflicting C/H/S values

2000-10-24 Thread Robert Nordier
Trent Nelson wrote: > Could someone explain to me why the following HDD BIOS Geometries don't > represent the values proposed by the drives. What am I missing? > > (snippets from boot -v) > > BIOS Geometries: > 0:030c7f3f 0..780=781 cylinders, 0..127=128 heads, 1..63=63 sectors >

Conflicting C/H/S values

2000-10-22 Thread Trent Nelson
Could someone explain to me why the following HDD BIOS Geometries don't represent the values proposed by the drives. What am I missing? (snippets from boot -v) BIOS Geometries: 0:030c7f3f 0..780=781 cylinders, 0..127=128 heads, 1..63=63 sectors 1:03fefe3f 0..1022=1023 cylinders