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Date:      Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:45:21 -0700
From:      Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com>
To:        Ulf Lilleengen <ulf.lilleengen@gmail.com>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r194241 - head/lib/libdisk
Message-ID:  <22247382-39CF-438A-8B65-C00ECFE196FE@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <200906160833.33576.lulf@freebsd.org>
References:  <200906151618.n5FGIO0o094444@svn.freebsd.org> <4A367A11.4080202@FreeBSD.org> <20090616100938.R25672@delplex.bde.org> <200906160833.33576.lulf@freebsd.org>

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On Jun 15, 2009, at 11:33 PM, Ulf Lilleengen wrote:
>
> I'm a bit confused now :)

What bde@ said is that 255 is the max number of heads that is
supported everywhere. 256 may work but is not always
supported. Some web page states that DOS and Windows 95/98
don't support 256 heads(1).

(1) http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/J.Steunebrink/bioslim.htm#4GB

-- 
Marcel Moolenaar
xcllnt@mac.com






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