From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Oct 25 20:53:26 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id UAA25702 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 25 Oct 1995 20:53:26 -0700 Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id UAA25621 for ; Wed, 25 Oct 1995 20:53:00 -0700 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id NAA09839; Thu, 26 Oct 1995 13:17:28 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199510260347.NAA09839@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: boot disk.... To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 13:17:27 +0930 (CST) Cc: lenzi@cwbone.bsi.com.br, hackers@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199510252120.OAA19573@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Oct 25, 95 02:20:48 pm Content-Type: text Content-Length: 754 Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Terry Lambert stands accused of saying: > 3) Set your tanslation so all cylinders are below 1024. Here's a question for any poor sucker with low-level BIOS experience : If I rewrite the BPT with a new geometry for the disk, can I assume that subsequent BIOS activity will honour the new geometry? My guess is no, but it's always worth dreaming 8) > Terry Lambert -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" -Terry Lambert UNIX: live FreeBSD or die! [[