Package: grub Version: 0.97-28 Severity: normal Hi,
When trying to install grub past 1TB, it fails with error 18 (18 : Selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS). This is because the HDIO_GETGEO ioctl is limited to 65535 cylinders (i.e. ~1TB), and for bigger values Linux just returns 65535. I'm not sure where the fix should be done: should the kernel error out when the cylinders don't fit, or should grub recognize 65535 as a bogus value and compute a fake geometry by itself? Or both? Note: there is another bug in bochs's bios which prevents from testing with bochs or qemu the patch is available on the bochs list, I'll probably file a bug against the bochs package too. Samuel -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.23 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages grub depends on: ii libc6 2.6.1-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libncurses5 5.6+20071013-1 Shared libraries for terminal hand grub recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- Samuel <P> moo <N> moo ? <D> P: keski t'arrive? :)) <P> moooo <N> moooooo ? <P> rien le net marche je suis content :) -+- #ens-mim - accro du net -+- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
