[ros-dev] Announcement: New harddisk geometry next weekend

[Ameen Ross]

You've made your point by now...
Since Windows has only been optimized for SSD's since Win7, I don't 
think this is of much concern. Add to that the fact that you'd have to 
be insane to run ReactOS in it's current state on real (new) hardware.

Op 22-11-2011 10:22, ????????? schreef:
> http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/E/6/5E66B27B-988B-4F50-AF3A-C2FF1E62180F/COR-T558_WH08.pptx
> See slide 10
> 22.11.2011, 02:17, "Eric Kohl" <eric.kohl at t-online.de>:
>
>     Hi!
>
>     I plan to change the standard harddisk geometry from the old 32
>     sectors
>     and 64 heads geometry to the new 63 sectors and 255 heads geometry
>     next
>     weekend. The old disk geometry was used up to Windows NT4 and the new
>     geometry is used since Windows 2000. So I guess it is time for
>     ReactOS
>     to make this change too. ;-)
>
>     This should improve the compatiibility with other OSs because every
>     modern OS uses the new disk geometry.
>
>     Please note that you must delete and re-create all partitions on your
>     virtual harddisk in order to get a clean partition table when the new
>     disk geomerty is in use.
>
>
>     Regards,
>     Eric
>
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