Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 18:31:59 +0000 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk> To: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@info.iet.unipi.it> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: howto access an oddly shaped partition on a floppy ? Message-ID: <20010309183159.C761@tao.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <200103091205.NAA49206@info.iet.unipi.it>; from luigi@info.iet.unipi.it on Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 01:05:58PM %2B0100 References: <27657.984135635@critter> <200103091205.NAA49206@info.iet.unipi.it>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 01:05:58PM +0100, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > > It would be possible to teach the floppy driver that cyl 0-9 has > > 18 sectors while cyl10-81 has 21. > > this would only work after the kernel has control, and the kernel > needs far more than 10 cylinders... What about /boot/loader? Does that use the bios also? Can't we build one with a modified fd0 in it? Joe [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjqpIZ8ACgkQXVIcjOaxUBbFGACfSxOMWA9ubpFHayHxwq2cLdRD XSAAoJi6zB51ozp5Ebd/wOsX2qRdUKk1 =c8XU -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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