From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Sep 16 20:33:34 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA04122 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 16 Sep 1996 20:33:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay.hp.com (relay.hp.com [15.255.152.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA04117 for ; Mon, 16 Sep 1996 20:33:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from srmail.sr.hp.com by relay.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3) id AA200071193; Mon, 16 Sep 1996 20:33:13 -0700 Received: from hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com by srmail.sr.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3) id AA049561192; Mon, 16 Sep 1996 20:33:12 -0700 Received: from mina.sr.hp.com by hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3) id AA235811192; Mon, 16 Sep 1996 20:33:12 -0700 Message-Id: <199609170333.AA235811192@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com> To: Bruce Evans Cc: hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: fdisk changes, anyone? In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 17 Sep 1996 07:29:45 +1000." <199609162129.HAA29847@godzilla.zeta.org.au> Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 20:33:11 -0700 From: Darryl Okahata Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > 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 DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not constitute the support, opinion, or policy of Hewlett-Packard, or of the little green men that have been following him all day.