Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 16:09:04 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, terry@lambert.org, hackers@FreeBSD.org, lenzi@cwbone.bsi.com.br Subject: Re: boot disk.... Message-ID: <199510260639.QAA10310@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199510260531.PAA08288@godzilla.zeta.org.au> from "Bruce Evans" at Oct 26, 95 03:31:43 pm
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Bruce Evans stands accused of saying: > No. The (DOS) BPT reflects the BIOS geometry at the time the partition Hang on a sec. When I say "BPT" I mean "BIOS Parameter Table", aka the BIOS equipment list. Apologies for the TLA 8( > depends on the BIOS geometry. If you change just the BPT, then DOS > may use the changed geometry, but since it doesn't match the actual > (current translated) geometry, it won't work. What I am asking is; if as a bootloader I establish that the drive is just Too Damn Big, if I frob the advertised drive geometry, will the BIOS honour that, or does it keep a private copy? I really don't give a damn about DOS; it doesn't figure anywhere in my plans 8) > Bruce -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" -Terry Lambert UNIX: live FreeBSD or die! [[
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