[IAEP] Unbootable machine

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Thu Jun 4 15:06:36 EDT 2009


Bernie Innocenti wrote:
> 
> Sorry, I mistyped the numbers.  It was really 255 heads, 63 sectors:
> 
> (parted) p
> Model: LEXAR JD EXPRESSION (scsi)
> Disk /dev/sdb: 123,86,26
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
> BIOS cylinder,head,sector geometry: 123,255,63.  Each cylinder is 8225kB.
> Partition Table: msdos
> 

Ah, okay.  Does 64x32 work, too?

I'm trying to gather as much information about what makes sticks boot...

	-hpa



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