Re: [uml-devel] No of ubd

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On Saturday 29 May 2004 10:40, Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
> On Fri, 28 May 2004, Leendert Meyer wrote:
> > I know how to use fdisk. But I need a bit of guidance here. Given *any*
> > partitionsize, what are the appropriate values? Is there a formula for
> > that?
>
> You just need to set some geometry on the disk.. Linux does not care
> what..  The only important matter is that the geometry should add upp to
> the size of your disk (in 512 byte sectors).

Found this in linux/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt:
---8<---8<---8<---
	hd=		[EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry
			Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect>
---8<---8<---8<---

And this in linux/Documentation/ide.txt:
---8<---8<---8<---
 "hdx=cyl,head,sect"	: disk drive is present, with specified geometry
---8<---8<---8<---

Nothing on ubd concerning geometry. Do I need the fake_ide or fakehd 
parameters in combination with a hdx=C,H,S?

Cheers,

Leen