Il 04/07/2012 17:23, Kevin Wolf ha scritto: >> > opts LCHS def. PCHS >> > :floppy: 80, 2,36 5,16,63 >> > :32:floppy: 80, 2,36 5,16,63 >> > :16:floppy: 80, 2,36 5,16,63 >> > :12:floppy: 80, 2,18 2,16,63 >> > >> > Silly thing to do for use with a hard disk. >> > >> > However, the "raw" format can be suppressed by adding an >> > redundant-looking "format=vvfat" to "file=fat:FOO". Then, vvfat's >> > hint clobbers the user's geometry, i.e. -drive options cyls, heads, >> > secs get silently ignored. Don't do that. >> > >> > No change without format=vvfat. With it, the user's hard disk >> > geometry (-drive options cyls, heads, secs) is now obeyed, and the >> > default hard disk geometry with :floppy: now matches the one without >> > format=vvfat. >> > >> > Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <arm...@redhat.com> > For some values of "obeyed". If I understand correctly, the user defined > geometry will indeed by visible for the device emulation now, but this > still doesn't mean that vvfat also provides an image that matches this > geometry. Not sure if it is a good idea to allow such mismatches. >
Does this only matter if you declare an image with :floppy: and pass it as a hard disk? Then we can honestly say we don't care... Paolo
