Subject: Re: i386 BIOS weirdness infecting the universe.
To: Todd Whitesel <toddpw@best.com>
From: Todd Vierling <tv@pobox.com>
List: tech-install
Date: 09/28/1998 07:32:19
On Mon, 28 Sep 1998, Todd Whitesel wrote:

: If we only tweak MBR's while the BIOS is available, presto, no geometry
: problems.

Hm.

We can't somehow cache the BIOS's interpretation of drive geometries, and
make it available via an ioctl?

(Or was this addressed, and I never saw it because I didn't read the
thread?)

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