Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 09:55:48 -0400 (EDT) From: mi@aldan.algebra.com To: Andre Albsmeier <andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de> Cc: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, Thomas Stromberg <tstromberg@rtci.com>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: No /boot/loader (dangerously dedicated) Message-ID: <200007241355.JAA26515@misha.privatelabs.com> In-Reply-To: <20000724081052.A87673@curry.mchp.siemens.de>
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On 24 Jul, Andre Albsmeier wrote: = > => Wait! Smarter then what? So it can boot NT and Win98 for some = > => weenies, or, actually do something useful (not sure what, = > => though)? Why am I to waste space (even so little) "to be = > => compatible with other OSes", if there will never be any other = > => OSes? = > = = > =So you'll be compatible with your BIOS as well. Many BIOSen get = > =really, really torqued if your partition table isn't normal. = > = > I'm yet to see a BIOS, for which this is true. May be, I'm just = > lucky... = = You are lucky. Try some Siemens crap with their Phoenix BIOS. They = simply say "Read error" if you wanted to use dangerously dedicated = mode. I have been bitten by this a lot of times. Well, I'm all for support for those unfortunate among us, who have to deal with crappy hardware. Just don't force the rest to it... -mi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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