Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 13:38:36 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Hiten Pandya <hitmaster2k@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: about boot0 Message-ID: <XFMail.011210133836.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20011209145628.64563.qmail@web21104.mail.yahoo.com>
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On 09-Dec-01 Hiten Pandya wrote: > hi all, > is there a reason behind.. why all Windows related > boot > options are marked as DOS?... > > src/sys/boot/i386/boot0.s > > is it because of the 512-byte limit... Yes. There used to be a 1024 byte boot0 which did use different names (as well as auto-detecting the need for EDD) but it was backed out since it froze on a few systems. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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