[syslinux] After USB boot problems on Gigabyte GA-M55Plus-S3G
Thomas Schmitt
scdbackup at gmx.net
Tue Jan 21 09:07:19 PST 2014
Hi,
hpa wrote:
> LBA = (C * H' * S') + (H * S') + (S - 1)
> [...]
> Start LBA 63 = CHS 0 1 1
> End LBA 15794175 = CHS 982 254 63
> If LBA 63 = CHS 0/1/1 then we know S'=62, but that is completely
> inconsistent with the ending sector being 63.
Wouldn't that be S'=63 ?
63 = (0 * H' * 63) + (1 * 63) + (1 - 1)
Whatever, the stick producers seem to take the same freedom
as needed when the disk size exceeds 1023*255*63 :
Start LBA plus blocksize does not need to match end CHS.
Ady's understanding seems not uncommon, that the end CHS address
shall indicate H' and S' by (H + 1) and S.
I wonder if this is specified anywhere.
(It is equivalent to cylinder alignment of the partition end.)
> Fortunately geometry is becoming a fading problem. We're dealing with
> an old board and BIOS here.
My own hardware is of similar age.
I am getting more and more pessimistic with the idea to
propose at least one "normal" MS-DOS filesystem setup.
If not Ady comes to the rescue, that is.
It seems so unfair to leave the users alone with mad partitioning
and naive boards. :o)
Have a nice day :)
Thomas
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