Re: 2.5 'what to expect'

Andries Brouwer (aebr@win.tue.nl)
Fri, 11 Jul 2003 22:07:55 +0200

> > - IDE disk geometry translators like OnTrack, EZ Partition, Disk Manager
> > are no longer supported. The only way forward is to remove the translator
> > from the drive, and start over.
>
> Or to use device mapper to remap the disk.

Or to use boot parameters:
* "hdx=remap63" : add 63 to all sector numbers (for OnTrack DM)
* "hdx=remap" : remap 0->1 (for EZDrive)

(So, I think the language "no longer supported" is a bit strong.
Maybe "no longer autodetected".)

Andries

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