Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 14:52:52 -0700 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> Cc: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>, Robert Nordier <rnordier@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/i386/boot0 Makefile boot0.s Message-ID: <200010022152.e92LqqG10093@netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: <200010022110.XAA21513@c2-dbn-94.dial-up.net>
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Robert Nordier wrote: > John Baldwin wrote: > > > On 02-Oct-00 Robert Nordier wrote: > > > rnordier 2000/10/02 10:30:22 PDT > > > > > > Modified files: > > > sys/boot/i386/boot0 Makefile boot0.s > > > Log: > > > Go back to occupying just a single sector, reverting r1.17 - r1.20. > > > Taking over the sector following the MBR causes problems on some > > > machines, and the actual gains are fairly small in terms of how > > > the space is presently used. > > > > Err, being able to boot past the 1024 cylinder boundary automagically and > > during install is a rather sizable gain I should think. It even ended up > > as a bullet on the back of the 4.1 CD set. :-( > > I agree that automagical installation support is a feature, but I > don't believe that boot0 has to be bloated to twice the size, and > has to become prone to mysterious failures in order to achieve this. Well, if you dont want to do it automatically, then how about you make a sysinstall tweak to have it call boot0cfg to enable EDD mode when the circumstances require it? (eg: >= 1024, >= 8G etc). -Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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