--- parted-1.6.15/libparted/linux.c.dasd_geometry	2004-10-07 21:20:42.436922904 -0400
+++ parted-1.6.15/libparted/linux.c	2004-10-07 21:21:46.175233208 -0400
@@ -731,8 +731,27 @@
 
 	LinuxSpecific* arch_specific = LINUX_SPECIFIC (dev);
 
-	if (!_device_probe_geometry (dev)) 
-	  goto error_close_dev;
+	PED_ASSERT (S_ISBLK (dev_stat.st_mode), return 0);
+
+	dev->length = _device_get_length (dev);
+	if (!dev->length)
+		goto error_close_dev;
+
+	dev->sector_size = _device_get_sector_size (dev);
+	if (!dev->sector_size)
+		goto error_close_dev;
+
+	if (!ioctl (arch_specific->fd, HDIO_GETGEO, &geo)) {
+		dev->hw_geom.sectors = geo.sectors;
+		dev->hw_geom.heads = geo.heads;
+ 		dev->hw_geom.cylinders = dev->length / (dev->hw_geom.heads * dev->hw_geom.sectors) / (dev->sector_size / PED_SECTOR_SIZE);
+		dev->bios_geom = dev->hw_geom;
+	} else {
+		dev->bios_geom.sectors = 12;
+		dev->bios_geom.heads = 15;
+		dev->bios_geom.cylinders = dev->length / (dev->hw_geom.heads * dev->hw_geom.sectors) / (dev->sector_size / PED_SECTOR_SIZE);
+		dev->hw_geom = dev->bios_geom;
+	}
 
 	dev->model = strdup (model_name);