fdisk issue

Sat Aug 11 12:05:16 PDT 2007

Matthew Dillon wrote:
:Simon 'corecode' Schubert wrote:
:> To conclude, I am very sorry that you had to screw open your laptop 
:> several times to make it work again.  I'll commit a fix ASAP.
    I'm not sure we should change this.  The standard specifically says
    all 1's for disks which exceed the CHS limits.  Wrapped values can
    create massive problems if the HD in question happens to cause a wrap
    that makes the disk look really really tiny.
Better have a "tiny" disk which can be fixed than a bricked laptop which can't.

cheers
 simon
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