[src/trunk]: src/sbin/fdisk Suggest using -b 1023/255/63 for modern disks whe...

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details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/0ead322e28cf
branches:  trunk
changeset: 790407:0ead322e28cf
user:      apb <apb%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Sun Oct 06 12:27:15 2013 +0000

description:
Suggest using -b 1023/255/63 for modern disks where the BIOS is
configured to use LBA-Assisted translation.

diffstat:

 sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8 |  10 ++++++++--
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diffs (25 lines):

diff -r 3bf84d9657e1 -r 0ead322e28cf sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8
--- a/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8        Sun Oct 06 08:27:00 2013 +0000
+++ b/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8        Sun Oct 06 12:27:15 2013 +0000
@@ -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 @@
 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