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Re: Disk Geometries reported incorrectly on 2.6.0-testX
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Andrew Clausen |
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Re: Disk Geometries reported incorrectly on 2.6.0-testX |
Date: |
Wed, 3 Dec 2003 22:54:04 +1100 |
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On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 12:28:20PM +0100, Szakacsits Szabolcs wrote:
> > The real question is: "what is the default install option - LBA or CHS
> > - on modern(ish) Windows systems?"
>
> Autodetect unless it's explicitely set.
Can you elaborate? Autodetect what? Autodetect if the BIOS supports LBA?
(BTW, "LBA mode" is purely setting CHS = x/255/63, right?
It's not like anything is getting enabled/disabled?)
> > What proportion of XP users boot via CHS?
>
> Depends on BIOS, boot manager, configuration, etc.
Sure. But can we estimate anyway? Do a "random" survey?
* does more than 1% of the Windows market use a boot manager other
than Windows'/lilo/grub? (Guess: No)
* what proportion of Windows users do any configuration themselves?
What about the OEM installers? (Aren't these a high proportion?)
(Guess: 90% OEM; 1% of users do boot config)
* do OEM installers generally use LBA? (Guess: no idea)
Maybe the students/academics here should poke around their university
campuses. I'm not sure how we could unobtrusively check! Some BIOS
POST screens show useful info.
Cheers,
Andrew