> Question is - what is determining that initial value that becomes the "logical"
> CHS, and does it matter?
No, it does not matter at all.
CHS are meaningless numbers not used anywhere anymore in Linux.
If you want to influence what geometry *fdisk will use, give it
the appropriate options or commands. No need to go via the kernel.
But only in rare cases is it necessary to worry about geometry.
Andries
> Aside - RedHat has dropped cfdisk from util-linux in their distro versions 7.2 ff.
> Given the bad words said about fdisk, what did cfdisk do to be ostracised?
RedHat thought cfdisk is buggy.
They were mistaken.
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