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Date:      Wed, 3 Jan 1996 11:11:41 -0700 (MST)
From:      Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
To:        phk@critter.tfs.com (Poul-Henning Kamp)
Cc:        jkh@time.cdrom.com, obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: X for install
Message-ID:  <199601031811.LAA15071@phaeton.artisoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <509.820656794@critter.tfs.com> from "Poul-Henning Kamp" at Jan 3, 96 09:13:14 am

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[ ... real mode/VM86() mode probing ... ]

> This is the only way we can hope to solve the bios-geometry problem 
> for instance.

Actually, you are still left with the problem of determining the
difference between BIOS chaining order and BSD controller/drive
probe order.

In other words, which controller is the boot controller in a two
controller system?  A three controller system?  Etc.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.



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