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Date:      Mon, 10 Feb 1997 00:21:59 +0100
From:      j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
To:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: DOS partition trouble
Message-ID:  <Mutt.19970210002159.j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <199702092030.NAA25138@phaeton.artisoft.com>; from Terry Lambert on Feb 9, 1997 13:30:29 -0700
References:  <199702062140.IAA05338@godzilla.zeta.org.au> <199702092030.NAA25138@phaeton.artisoft.com>

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As Terry Lambert wrote:

> When will we start using LBA's in the boot code, and ignoring the
> C/H/S portion of the partition table?

You can't, as long you're stuck with a BIOS that wants C/H/S in its
int 0x13 calls.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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