Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 15:29:43 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: opentrax@email.com Cc: chat@FreeBSD.org, msmith@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Dedicated disks (was: Dangerously Dedicated) Message-ID: <XFMail.001121152943.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200011212237.OAA00557@spammie.svbug.com>
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On 21-Nov-00 opentrax@email.com wrote: > > > On 20 Nov, Mike Smith wrote: >>> Let me state this one more time loudly for those calling themselves boot >>> code experts. THE PARTITION TABLE IN THE MBR IS NOT DEALT WITH BY THE >>> BIOS, >>> BIOSES THAT TRY TO MAKE HEADS OR TALES OF PARTITION TABLES ARE TECHNICALLY >>> BROKEN AND VIOLATE IBM AT COMPATIBILITY. If you doubt this go read about >>> BIOS service 19H, IPL load. >> >> It doesn't matter how loudly you shout, or what exactly you stuff in your >> ears. The fact is that this code exists, is part of the de-facto >> platform standard, and has to be dealt with as such. >> >> You are welcome to continue to dual-boot FreeBSD and PC-DOS 2.0. In the >> meantime, the rest of us are living in the real world, and dealing with >> real-world problems. Please let us get on with what has to be done. >> Thankyou. >> > Has it occured to you that perhaps there are people that really, really > want DD? People really, really want cold fusion, too, but that desire doesn't mean doodly squat. Please don't enter the discussion unless you have something remotely useful to say. Many of us have spent quite some time thinking about all the real world issues involved here. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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