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To: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert)
cc: jkh@FreeBSD.org (Jordan K. Hubbard), hoppy@appsmiths.com,
        hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: >1024 cyl IDE drive 
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Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 12:58:26 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
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> > You're saying that these bootblock-remapping drives fall over kicking
> > when you install the boot manager?  Aieee!  I can't say we weren't warned
> > about this..  Or does this not have anything to do with the boot block?
> 
> I have the email addr of someone at OnTrack who actually wrote their boot
> code that they install -- and it does this.
> 
> More information as talks progress.
> 
> I told you so.  Being right about it doesn't make it suck less.  8-(.

Actually, you weren't even the first to tell me so.  A guy on USENET
was the first to post this REALLY LONG article about it! :-)

[What was his name, anyway?  He had a number of good comments about the
installation that I read, filed and never quite got back to following up
on - one of the dangers of sending me really long emails! :-)]

					Jordan