Subject: BIOS-geometry forwarding.P.S.
To: None <tech-install@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu>
From: Bernd Wiserner <wiserner@informatik.tu-muenchen.de>
List: tech-install
Date: 11/08/1993 22:49:52
> 
> Hi all,
> I worked a little bit on the boot-sectors,and got a version
> which is looking for harddisks,and requests their BIOS-geometry.
> I want to forward this information to the kernel by passing theese
> values just like the -s - flag .
> I have one problem regarding theese geometries:
> How do I assign one geometry to one disk?.
> E.g. : If one has a IDE and one SCSI disk, how do I know
> which one is the first disk in his BIOS ? I could check the
> sizes of the disks and assign the value which is getting
> closer to what I got from the BIOS. But what if one
> has two disks with same size and different geometries ?
> 
> B.Wiserner
> 
P.S. I have a bootable floppy which does this. It would be nice if
some people could just have it booted in his box to see if it allways
reports the correct values.
> 
> 
Thanks , 
B.Wiserner


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