Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 16:52:14 -0800 From: "Joseph T. Lee" <nugundam@la.best.com> To: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com>, Tugrul <tugrul@ianai.BlackSun.org> Cc: axl@iafrica.com, bright@hotjobs.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Booting FreeBSD beyond the 1024th cylinder Message-ID: <19990111165214.C27416@la.best.com> In-Reply-To: <199901112356.BAA00761@ceia.nordier.com>; from Robert Nordier on Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 01:56:15AM %2B0200 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990111170054.5315A-100000@ianai.BlackSun.org> <199901112356.BAA00761@ceia.nordier.com>
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On Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 01:56:15AM +0200, Robert Nordier wrote: > Booting FreeBSD beyond cylinder 1023 is not currently supported. > > Support, by way of the IBM/Microsoft int 0x13 extensions, was > present in the new bootblocks a few months ago but was removed: > too many BIOSes don't implement this stuff properly. Couldn't this be added somehow as an option, or get autodetected? I've noticed my adaptec board can detect 0x13 extension support. Joseph To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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