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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Harik A'ttar)
Sat Jul 15 12:25:33 1995
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 1995 09:18:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Harik A'ttar" <harik@chaos.sub.ucf.edu>
Reply-To: ind00621@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu
To: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
On Wed, 12 Jul 1995, Rob Janssen wrote:
> Maybe it is better to change some of the messages in fdisk, because this
> question is a VFAQ and it will occur only more as disk capacity increases.
>
> "may cause problems with some software" could better be
> "may cause problems with some operating systems (e.g. DOS)".
This would be a good idea. probably set it to WILL cause problems
though. If the user knows enough to make dos work, they know that
the error is really a warning.
> Also, the checks for "different physical/logical begin/end" could be
> done modulo 1024 cylinders, so that it does not issue these warnings in
> the case of a >1024 cylinder disk and *correct* partititions.
Hmm. How hard would that be? or just go into the checks and
mod 1024 the sizes?
If anyone has made these patches, please let me know. It would be
really nice to be able to fix people calling me panicked "Help: my fdisk
says sizes do not match!" Sigh. They all have > 1gig disks. Me?
Bah- 700 megs. So I can't even test on my own system.
chaos@dynamic.ip.don't.reply Guess what? I really _DO_ speak for my
Dan Merillat / Harik A'ttar system. And if you share my opinions,
in00621@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu you should seek professional help.
