rvb@sicily.odyssey.cs.cmu.edu writes:

> you would think that they take this info and do a "setcontroller" with
> it.  Well, last time I tried to do a setcontroller (under Mach) with 
> a BIOS geommetry from an LBA configured disk (say C/H/S 1024/64/63 vs
> a true geometry of 4096/16/63 (numbers sort of made up here)), the
> controller hung.  So I don't believe we use these numbers for anything.

I didn't make this clear enough.  When I put a break point on
setcontroller under NetBSD, it was never hit.