Re: Cannot boot the real thing from HDD
"Marc-F. Lucca-Daniau" <[email protected]> Sat, 8 Feb 2020 10:35:59 +0100
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As you want Sir... :-) Renamed 'track' to 'cylinder' in commit: https://github.com/elks-org/elks/commit/6b06204d2eb3a312bc13a5225dd93693dbd352d0 MFLD > On Mon, 3 Feb 2020, Paul Osmialowski wrote: > >> Pressed send too fast. >> >> Tracks usually means cylinders * heads. >> Heads usually means tracks per cylinder. >> >> Still, to avoid confusions like that, this option should be renamed to >> 'cylinders' and accept relevant part of C/H/S geometry. >> >> On Mon, 3 Feb 2020, Paul Osmialowski wrote: >> >>> Also I think the name of config option in kernel configuration is >>> misleading. Tracks refers to number of tracks per cylinder which is heads >>> * sectors. I assume what this option really expects is 'cylinders', and >>> IMO should be named that way. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Paul