Re: Strange MBR CHS partition values created by debian-installer

On Sun, Jul 09, 2023 at 12:15:35AM +0300, ValdikSS wrote: > On 09.07.2023 00:02, Steve McIntyre wrote: > > Nothing should be caring about C/H/S at all in the 21st century. Using > > C/H/S only allows you to access 515MB of disk [1]. *Everything* these > > days uses LBA instead. > > > > What makes

Re: Strange MBR CHS partition values created by debian-installer

On 09.07.2023 00:02, Steve McIntyre wrote: Nothing should be caring about C/H/S at all in the 21st century. Using C/H/S only allows you to access 515MB of disk [1]. *Everything* these days uses LBA instead. What makes you think that the BIOS on this old machine cares about C/H/S? My machine

Re: Strange MBR CHS partition values created by debian-installer

Hi Valdikss, On Sat, Jul 08, 2023 at 09:17:54PM +0300, ValdikSS wrote: >Hello list, > >I was getting very slow boot speeds on old WYSE C10LE thin client with VIA C7 >CPU and Phoenix bios (year 2008). This is due to combination of BIOS, GRUB, >and what I assume Debian-installer bugs. > >Long story

Strange MBR CHS partition values created by debian-installer

Hello list, I was getting very slow boot speeds on old WYSE C10LE thin client with VIA C7 CPU and Phoenix bios (year 2008). This is due to combination of BIOS, GRUB, and what I assume Debian-installer bugs. Long story short, Debian writes strange/incorrect C/H/S values to the MBR partition