[Sugar-devel] Unbootable machine

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Mon Jun 1 21:43:36 EDT 2009


Bernie Innocenti wrote:
> Disk /dev/sdb: 2055 MB, 2055208960 bytes
> 221 heads, 2 sectors/track, 9081 cylinders

I don't know where fdisk, the Linux kernel, or whatever come up with
these kinds of geometries.  They're almost universally non-bootable.

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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