Re: fdisk issue

["Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <corecode@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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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