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Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 16:30:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Mike Jakubik" <mikej@rogers.com>
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Subject: Re: Boot loader cant identify ntfs?
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On Wed, May 18, 2005 4:24 pm, Brooks Davis said:

> There isn't enough space to support all 256 partition types in the 512
> bytes of space available to the mbr.  Fancy multi-sector options are
> available, but we don't provide them.  Many people consider this a
> feature. :)

Well that sucks :P Maybe we could remove some of the more obscure/less
used partitions, and put in ntfs instead. Im willing to bet that this is
the most common dual boot setup.