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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libdisk Makefile chunk.c write_alpha_dis
From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
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In message: <20021024233323.GV53469@wantadilla.lemis.com>
            "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.org> writes:
: > How about Adaptec SCSI BIOS's and other "smart" BIOS's that look
: > at the MBR to guess what geometry you are using so that they can
: > adjust their BIOS to DTRT?  These choke if you don't have a valid
: > MBR.
: 
: They do?  How do my -CURRENT machines work then?

All FreeBSD disks have MBRs.  The DD disks that some people use have
them, they are just hidden from you.

Warner

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