Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 09:45:56 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: jhb@FreeBSD.org, mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk, bde@zeta.org.au, bakul@bitblocks.com, nyan@jp.FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, phk@critter.freebsd.dk Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libdisk Makefile chunk.c write_alpha_dis Message-ID: <20021025001556.GB53469@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20021024.180829.01187801.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <200210241905.g9OJ5ahD045378@dotar.thuvia.org> <XFMail.20021024151029.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20021024233323.GV53469@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20021024.180829.01187801.imp@bsdimp.com>
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On Thursday, 24 October 2002 at 18:08:29 -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote: > 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. But they're not valid MBRs. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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