Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 06:46:27 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> Cc: FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.org, Motomichi Matsuzaki <mzaki@e-mail.ne.jp> Subject: Re: Please test for 8G-OVER-Booting with /boot/loader Message-ID: <200003281146.GAA87302@server.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <38E067A8.10298DC@newsguy.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On 28-Mar-00 Daniel C. Sobral wrote: > John Baldwin wrote: >> >> Looks good to me, but I need to test it to make sure. I will also look >> at seeing if I can squeeze the int 13 extension installation check into >> boot1 and boot0 so that they will use packet mode automatically as well. > > I recall comments (by rnordier/msmith) to the effect that packet mode > support might break things. Oh, I remember. This just checks if the controller supports LBA. You also need to check if the drive supports LBA. The problem is with older drives. Hmm, I'll look around to see if you can ask the BIOS for drive capabilities. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200003281146.GAA87302>