Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 11:42:57 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DOS partition trouble Message-ID: <199702101842.LAA27053@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <Mutt.19970210002159.j@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at Feb 10, 97 00:21:59 am
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> > When will we start using LBA's in the boot code, and ignoring the > > C/H/S portion of the partition table? > > You can't, as long you're stuck with a BIOS that wants C/H/S in its > int 0x13 calls. The BIOS-using code can internally translate LBA using the C/H/S geometry if the BIOS only supports C/H/S (the C/H/S geometry is known to the BIOS at this point, allowing it to fall back, if it has to). The interface presented to the BIOS-using code can be generically LBA. Regards, Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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