Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 11:41:27 -0400 From: Tom Embt <tom@embt.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: disk partitions Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19991007114127.009aeca0@mail.embt.com> In-Reply-To: <14331.51069.769962.724682@freed.dyn.ez-ip.net> References: <199910052325.QAA01404@chad.anasazi.com> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9910051847310.6368-100000@fw.wintelcom.net>
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At 06:04 PM 10/6/99 -0400, you wrote: > >[good point, snipped] > >Isn't there something about FAT** partitions having to be in the first >sectors of the disk? > >I seem to remember that putting Win** anywhere else than at the first >cylinder was bad, I don't remember why. > >Anyways... > >Ants. > If ever there was such a requirement, it is no longer applicable. Some (all?) off the various incantations of Windows need to boot < 1024 cyl boundary (usually 8 GB), but they are happy in any slice. IIRC, they do have problems booting to anything other than primary master for IDE. FWIW, BSL (http://bsl.comart.com.pl) is a very capable boot manager. It is cardware/shareware depending in how much functionality you want. Tom Embt tom@embt.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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