On 2006-02-17, at 23:20, Phillip Susi wrote:
If that is the case, then fdisk can use whatever geometry it
chooses and everything will be fine, so why does the kernel have to
carry around some geometry instead of just letting fdisk make one
up when it is run?
It has been already tried years ago to eliminate this ridicle. The
answer to your
question is put bluntly: It's like that, because some kernel "prima
ballerinas",
whose names "relate to alternating current", will get at you with
mock up somke
and mirror woodo examples where it's supposed to be sooo required.
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