Bug 59141
Summary: | Linux system with mylex card can not boot DOS anymore | ||
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Product: | [Retired] Red Hat Linux | Reporter: | Need Real Name <stephane.blais> |
Component: | util-linux | Assignee: | Elliot Lee <sopwith> |
Status: | CLOSED RAWHIDE | QA Contact: | Aaron Brown <abrown> |
Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
Priority: | medium | ||
Version: | 7.2 | ||
Target Milestone: | --- | ||
Target Release: | --- | ||
Hardware: | i686 | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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Last Closed: | 2002-03-11 19:21:42 UTC | Type: | --- |
Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
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oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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Description
Need Real Name
2002-01-31 18:26:46 UTC
fdisk is part of util-linux. So actually, this is not how you would reproduce the problem. To reproduce create a 10MB DOS formatted partition. During install, chose disk druid to partition the disk and chose a 4GB root, 300MB swap. then once linux installed, log on and launch fdisk /dev/rd/c0d0 and create an extended partition. Reboot and see that DOS does not boot any longer. After more investigation, it seems that the problem resides with the ability of fdisk to get the correct disk geometry. If I launch sfdisk, it will report to me that my disk has a C H S geometry of 4425/255/63. If I force these settings on fdisk (mode expert and then c h s), I can then properly create an extended partition and fdisk does not complain about differences between physical and logical boudaries anymore. What geometry is fdisk incorrectly retrieving? Also, it would be very helpful if you could test against the packages under ftp://people.redhat.com/sopwith/2.11n-6/ Thanks fdisk shows a geometry of 1 cylinder, 1 head and millions of sectors. I will try these packages when I get the chance. Thanks. Tested package util-linux-2.11n-6.i386.rpm dowloaded from ftp://people.redhat.com/sopwith/2.11n-6/ . fdisk now sees the correct geometry. Can close this problem report as far as I am concerned. (I let you close the problem as I do not know what resolution I should select.) Thanks! |