Date: 16 Dec 2000 17:14:04 +0100 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: Helge Oldach <Helge.Oldach@de.origin-it.com> Cc: gross@clones.com (Glendon Gross), grog@lemis.com, mike@argos.org, imp@village.org, samz@oz.net, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dedicated disks (was: Dangerously Dedicated) Message-ID: <xzpu284l4xf.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Helge Oldach's message of "Sat, 16 Dec 2000 08:27:08 %2B0100 (MET)" References: <200012160727.IAA28032@galaxy.de.cp.philips.com>
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Helge Oldach <Helge.Oldach@de.origin-it.com> writes: > BIOS standard demands that the first *sector* always remains reserved. > However DD mode only reserves the first *block* and starts with the > actual contents at the second block. This (intentionally) violates BIOS > standards. Though many BIOSsen will happily accept it, some will get > picky and refuse to boot a DD disk due to standards violation. I think you're confusing terms here. What the Unix world calls a block is a disk sector. What you are calling a sector is either a track or a cylinder (I can't read your mind from here, you're too far away). DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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