Re: [ros-dev] HDD Geometry switch

@Alex 
Since you apparently TL:DR'd my previous emails - a short summary. I`m a tester not a
dev, i dont have to and i dont really know much about hdd geometry and possible influence
of changing it. I incorrectly assumed that any change done will be considered with other
peoples in mind, not only the commiter's biddings. I failed. The problem is that now,
with every crossing of the drive geometry changing rev i need to recreate all the
partitions used and copy back the needed data. In case of real hardware, it may take up to
one hour, which is almost a third of my whole free time in my standard working day, a
majority of which is taken by ROS.

>  From what i tested on real hw rig with 54528. Two
> partition setup on 40GB hdd, 2GB for ROS and rest for data. When installing head on rev
> with old geometry, it works fine. 
Reinstalling rev with old geometry - the bigger partition is unreadable, can only be wiped
clean and unreadable.

I couldn't reproduce it on VBox, but also i was not able to create an identical
virtual hdd as the one used in real hw rig.

So no problem at all. The rigs are to be dismounted and stored for a year or two, in the
meantime the geometry change should be distant enough not to bother anymore. Sorry for the
fuss. I should follow Ged's advice and keep posting nice, gentle emails to ros-dev, to
have them ignored like most of the previous one.

It was a great timing by the way, with the long-awaited release, we have a serious change
in, consequences of which might reveal in near future, days, weeks - or perhaps right
after the release.

Again, sorry for raising this as a serious issue. I obviously shouldn't be bothered.

Regards

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With best regards
Caemyr