Module Name: src
Committed By: apb
Date: Sun Oct 6 12:27:15 UTC 2013
Modified Files:
src/sbin/fdisk: fdisk.8
Log Message:
Suggest using -b 1023/255/63 for modern disks where the BIOS is
configured to use LBA-Assisted translation.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.80 -r1.81 src/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8
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Modified files:
Index: src/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8
diff -u src/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8:1.80 src/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8:1.81
--- src/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8:1.80 Sat Oct 6 09:11:34 2012
+++ src/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8 Sun Oct 6 12:27:15 2013
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: fdisk.8,v 1.80 2012/10/06 09:11:34 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: fdisk.8,v 1.81 2013/10/06 12:27:15 apb Exp $
.\"
-.Dd April 6, 2012
+.Dd October 6, 2013
.Dt FDISK 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -190,6 +190,12 @@ amd64) or by solving the simultaenous eq
information.
If that fails then either the geometry from the disklabel or 63 sectors and
16 heads is used.
+For modern disks larger than about 8GB, and where the BIOS is configured
+to use LBA-Assisted translation, a setting of
+.Fl b Ar 1023/255/63
+is likely to work.
+.\" see http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/J.Steunebrink/bioslim.htm#LBA
+.\" for a table of C/H/S values used in LBA-Assisted translation mode
.It Fl c Ar bootcode
Specify the filename that
.Nm
