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From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk>
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Subject: Re: Just FYI, new bootblocks unable to load old (pre-slice) systems
To: ache@freefall.cdrom.com (Andrey A. Chernov)
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 11:30:19 -0700 (PDT)
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> Sigh. I have 1119 cylinders on root partition since 1.1.5.1 days
> and never /kernel occurse out of 1024, it seems that it is practically
> impossible due to free space usually present at the end of partition.
> In any case this error should be converted to more readable warning
> instead i.e.:
> warning(
> "root partition > 1024 cyls, BIOS can't load kernel stored beyond this limit");
> If we agree on that, I'll commit it.

Ok, but only if you add a hard-error should it ever try to read a block 
past 1024.


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Just that: dried leaves in boiling water ?