Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 14:50:06 -0400 From: dochawk@psu.edu To: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen) Cc: "Brian T.Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org>, Fergus Cameron <cameron@argus-systems.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: i dont unsterstand the disk label maker Message-ID: <200109181850.f8IIo6o14039@fac13.ds.psu.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "16 Sep 2001 10:11:44 PDT." <ejitej6oxb.tej@localhost.localdomain>
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gary gyrated, > Anyone know the history of IBM-PC hard disk partitions? What this scheme > developed by IBM for their BIOS or by M$ for their M$-M$DOS and IBM-PCDOS, > or can we fairly call it a true conspiracy by both (to give people grief > well into the 21st Century)? In a nutshell, there were four OS choices available: CP/M, PC-DOS, p-system (Pascal), and something else I've long forgotten. Why would you need more than 4 partitions :) hakw -- rm -rf /bin/laden Prof. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. /"\ ASCII ribbon campaign dochawk@psu.edu Smeal 178 (814) 375-4700 \ / against HTML mail These opinions will not be those of X and postings. Penn State until it pays my retainer. / \ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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