On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 03:00:00PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Could you provide the reported geometry on both a 2.4 kernel > > and a 2.6 kernel ? This is probably the infamous 2.6 geometry > > bug/feature/whatver. > > Geometry reported by what? fdisk -l? > I could boot Knoppix once with kernel 2.4, once with 2.6, and invoke > fdisk -l /dev/hda each time. > Would that be what you need?
By the kernel. i don't know fdisk, but maybe, also look in the dmesg output too. > > This should be fixed in 1.6.12 for which i am preparing > > packages, but it breaks binary compatibility, so using this > > is a no-go for sarge as i understand, as parted is part of > > base, which was frozen by start of august. > > You mean, the fix will not make it into sarge? This would mean sarge > will not be installable on a certain number of machines?? The fix should not make it into sarge with the current release schedule. Anything else would need an intervention of one of the RMs and/or joeyh. It is out of my hands. > I can hardly imagine that... Yeah, but then, a binary incompatible library upgrade at this time is rather over-late. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
