Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 10:04:01 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> Cc: rnordier@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Does boot1 still have a > 1023 cyl limit? Message-ID: <200109141704.f8EH41501267@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 14 Sep 2001 19:46:30 %2B0300." <20010914194630.A781@ringworld.oblivion.bg>
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> So.. if I read you right, booting correctly for > 1024 cylinders works
> if boot0 knows about it. Isn't boot0 the one in the MBR, not in the fbsd
> slice? Does this mean that boot1 and boot2 should work just fine if they
> are loaded by another kind of MBR loader (say, Grub), and they find out
> that they are placed beyond the 1023th cylinder?
This should work, yes.
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