Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 14:37:34 -0800 (PST) From: opentrax@email.com To: msmith@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dedicated disks (was: Dangerously Dedicated) Message-ID: <200011212237.OAA00557@spammie.svbug.com> In-Reply-To: <200011210442.eAL4gN900616@mass.osd.bsdi.com>
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On 20 Nov, Mike Smith wrote: >> Let me state this one more time loudly for those calling themselves boot >> code experts. THE PARTITION TABLE IN THE MBR IS NOT DEALT WITH BY THE BIOS, >> BIOSES THAT TRY TO MAKE HEADS OR TALES OF PARTITION TABLES ARE TECHNICALLY >> BROKEN AND VIOLATE IBM AT COMPATIBILITY. If you doubt this go read about >> BIOS service 19H, IPL load. > > It doesn't matter how loudly you shout, or what exactly you stuff in your > ears. The fact is that this code exists, is part of the de-facto > platform standard, and has to be dealt with as such. > > You are welcome to continue to dual-boot FreeBSD and PC-DOS 2.0. In the > meantime, the rest of us are living in the real world, and dealing with > real-world problems. Please let us get on with what has to be done. > Thankyou. > Has it occured to you that perhaps there are people that really, really want DD? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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