Date: Sat, 28 Jan 95 11:31:00 MST From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) To: bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans) Cc: jkh@FreeBSD.org, hackers@FreeBSD.org, hoppy@appsmiths.com Subject: Re: >1024 cyl IDE drive Message-ID: <9501281831.AA07357@cs.weber.edu> In-Reply-To: <199501280256.NAA18071@godzilla.zeta.org.au> from "Bruce Evans" at Jan 28, 95 01:56:35 pm
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> Someone told us long before that in the enclosed mail to freebsd-bugs. > I thought it was well known to boot block hackers. [ ... ] > Bruce [ ... ] > This URGENT bug report describes a possible disk partitioning problem > that might potentially trash large numbers of users hard disks. Please > ensure it is examined BEFORE CD-ROMs are mastered. It may well be a > false alarm but I think somebody who knows more about this than I > do better take a look. > > The problem is that disk geometry remapping is not only performed > by the IDE controller or BIOS but also on many machines by special > boot programs in the MBR sector which might appear to be the same > as a BIOS remapping to FreeBSD utilities, but unlike a BIOS > remapping would disappear when the MBR is re-written unless special > precautions, not mentioned in the INSTALL file, are taken. THIS IS THE ARTICLE I HAVE BEEN REFERRING TO BUT UNABLE TO FIND! THANK YOU! Terry Lambert terry@cs.weber.edu --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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