From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Dec 16 8:14:12 2000 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 16 08:14:09 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from flood.ping.uio.no (flood.ping.uio.no [129.240.78.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89A0337B402 for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 08:14:08 -0800 (PST) Received: (from des@localhost) by flood.ping.uio.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA88954; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 17:14:04 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from des@ofug.org) Sender: des@ofug.org X-URL: http://www.ofug.org/~des/ X-Disclaimer: The views expressed in this message do not necessarily coincide with those of any organisation or company with which I am or have been affiliated. To: Helge Oldach 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) References: <200012160727.IAA28032@galaxy.de.cp.philips.com> From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Date: 16 Dec 2000 17:14:04 +0100 In-Reply-To: Helge Oldach's message of "Sat, 16 Dec 2000 08:27:08 +0100 (MET)" Message-ID: Lines: 14 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0802 (Gnus v5.8.2) Emacs/20.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Helge Oldach 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