Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 11:30:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk> To: ache@freefall.cdrom.com (Andrey A. Chernov) Cc: bde@zeta.org.au, ache@astral.msk.su, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Just FYI, new bootblocks unable to load old (pre-slice) systems Message-ID: <199506201830.LAA02547@freefall.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: <199506201819.LAA01697@freefall.cdrom.com> from "Andrey A. Chernov" at Jun 20, 95 11:19:29 am
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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. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Just that: dried leaves in boiling water ?
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