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Date:      Wed, 18 May 2005 16:30:29 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Mike Jakubik" <mikej@rogers.com>
To:        "Brooks Davis" <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Boot loader cant identify ntfs?
Message-ID:  <1478.172.16.0.199.1116448229.squirrel@172.16.0.1>
In-Reply-To: <20050518202430.GA30683@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
References:  <1472.172.16.0.199.1116447692.squirrel@172.16.0.1> <20050518202430.GA30683@odin.ac.hmc.edu>

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On Wed, May 18, 2005 4:24 pm, Brooks Davis said:

> There isn't enough space to support all 256 partition types in the 512
> bytes of space available to the mbr.  Fancy multi-sector options are
> available, but we don't provide them.  Many people consider this a
> feature. :)

Well that sucks :P Maybe we could remove some of the more obscure/less
used partitions, and put in ntfs instead. Im willing to bet that this is
the most common dual boot setup.




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