Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 11:02:53 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org, rnordier@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: Does boot1 still have a > 1023 cyl limit? Message-ID: <XFMail.010914110253.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20010914180622.A512@ringworld.oblivion.bg>
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On 14-Sep-01 Peter Pentchev wrote: > Hi, > > A quote from the end of the boot_i386.8 manual page.. > > IMPORTANT NOTE: Because of limitations imposed by the conventional disk > interface provided by the BIOS, all boot-related files and structures > (including the kernel) that need to be accessed during the boot phase > must reside on the disk at or below cylinder 1023 (as the BIOS under- > stands the geometry). When a ``Disk error 0x1'' is reported by the sec- > ond-stage bootstrap, it generally means that this requirement has not > been adhered to. > > Just today I had a friend ask me if this is still true; I checked CVS > history and found out that this comment was added by rnordier more than > two years ago. Is this still true? Not in boot1, boot2, and the loader. boot0 has to have the workaround manually enabled, but sysinstall does that during installation. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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