Date: Sat, 26 Aug 95 14:16:43 MDT From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: another 2.0.5 installation report Message-ID: <9508262016.AA15822@cs.weber.edu> In-Reply-To: <199508260636.IAA09535@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at Aug 26, 95 08:36:50 am
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> > > o the decision whether a file system is acceptable as a root fs should > > > be made based on the fdisk slot #, and not on the physical location > > > on the disk > > > > That's impossible. > > > > You must always consider a file system unacceptable as a root fs if it > > spans or exceeds BIOS cylinder 1023. > > No point here, the disk fakes to have 1024 cylinders. > > The above is really a bug. 1) Not all BIOS does translation. 2) Not all translation is equal. 3) You can't pound 9G of 512B sectors into 24 bits, no way, no how; the max is, and will remain, 8G, assuming you burn all C/H/S bits available to you. 4) Some BIOS are going to make the decision for you. Terry Lambert terry@cs.weber.edu --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?9508262016.AA15822>