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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

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