Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 11:24:54 -0700 (PDT) From: <rnordier@FreeBSD.org> To: roam@ringlet.net (Peter Pentchev) Cc: rnordier@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Does boot1 still have a > 1023 cyl limit? Message-ID: <200109141824.f8EIOtU40806@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20010914180622.A512@ringworld.oblivion.bg> from Peter Pentchev at "Sep 14, 2001 6: 6:22 pm"
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Peter Pentchev wrote: > 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? As others have already indicated, the info is out of date. There is at least one PR already open for this man page (PR 26692), so I'll try to tidy up this and any other factual inaccuracies when attending to that. -- Robert Nordier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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