Re: [RFC] Restoring HDIO_GETGEO semantics (was: Re: workaround for BIOS / CHS stuff)

[Andrew Clausen]

On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 03:57:59PM -0400, Patrick J. LoPresti wrote:
> > It is not only not wrong but completely correct.  The geometry is
> > really something completely made up nowadays.  Nothing really needs
> > it at the low level.
> 
> Wrong.  The Windows boot loader still reads sectors using the legacy
> BIOS interface.  If not for this unfortunate fact, this entire issue
> would be moot.

Have you got any evidence?  Is there any way I can force Windows to
use CHS?

Cheers,
Andrew