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Date:      Fri, 08 Oct 1999 18:50:25 +0900
From:      "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>
To:        Tom Embt <tom@embt.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: disk partitions
Message-ID:  <37FDBE61.EA936575@newsguy.com>
References:  <199910052325.QAA01404@chad.anasazi.com> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9910051847310.6368-100000@fw.wintelcom.net> <3.0.3.32.19991007114127.009aeca0@mail.embt.com>

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Tom Embt wrote:
> 
> If ever there was such a requirement, it is no longer applicable.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.

There *is* a limitation. Windows will only boot from a primary
partition.

--
Daniel C. Sobral			(8-DCS)
dcs@newsguy.com
dcs@freebsd.org

	"I always feel generous when I'm in the inner circle of a
conspiracy to subvert the world order and, with a small group of
allies, just defeated an alien invasion. Maybe I should value myself
a little more?"




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