>>>>> "Mark" == Mark H Mabry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> wrote the following on Thu, 18 Jun 1998 12:44:29 -0400
>>>>> "AR" == Richardson,Anthony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> wrote the following on Wed, 17 Jun 1998 13:52:00 -0400 Me> Okay, now we are getting to the meat of the problem. As you Me> say, Linux doesn't use the BIOS functions or C/H/S addresses to Me> locate partitions. That is why the kernel can see all of my Me> disk at boot. So why does cfdisk see only 8 GB? Why doesn't it Me> get its info the same way the kernel does? Why does cfdisk have Me> to ask the BIOS for this info? I guess what I am asking is why doesn't (c)fdisk use LBA which is what the kernel uses? Mark Mabry Avici Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
