Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 20:33:11 -0700 From: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: fdisk changes, anyone? Message-ID: <199609170333.AA235811192@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 17 Sep 1996 07:29:45 %2B1000." <199609162129.HAA29847@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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> I don't know of any requirements for rounding start addresses, except
> that some MBR extensions abuse the usual DOS rounding by taking more
> than 1 sector.
Thanks for the info.
I'm unsure about the start address because the 2.2-snap-960801
/stand/sysinstall can create two different start offsets. If you use
the sysinstall partition editor to create regular partitions, the start
offset used falls on a cylinder boundary. If you tell sysinstall that
you want to dedicate the entire disk to FreeBSD, but to use a standard,
"true partition", the start offset falls on an head boundary.
-- Darryl Okahata
Internet: darrylo@sr.hp.com
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