Date: Sat, 2 Sep 1995 15:11:33 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: julian@freefall.FreeBSD.org (Julian Elischer) Cc: hackers@freefall.FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: boot -v error in printing.. Message-ID: <199509022211.PAA02040@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199509022140.OAA07344@freefall.FreeBSD.org> from "Julian Elischer" at Sep 2, 95 02:40:34 pm
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> BIOS Geometries:
> 0:03df3f20 991 cyl, 63 heads, 32 sects
> 0 accounted for
>
> now, this is wrong..
> the # of heads is 64.. the LAST HEAD IS 63.. 0..63=64 heads
> either the message or teh number should be fixed..
> the same for the number of cyls..
> there are 992 cyls, the last being 991..
>
> I think this needs to be fixed and am hapy to do so as long as no-one complains about it..
I like the idea of the ("0..%d=%d", x, x+1) format as a fix for this.
> 0:03df3f20 0..991=992 cyl, 0..63=64 heads, 0..31=32 sects
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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