Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 10:48:16 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Helge Oldach <Helge.Oldach@de.origin-it.com> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG, samz@oz.net, imp@village.org, mike@argos.org, grog@lemis.com, (Glendon Gross) <gross@clones.com> Subject: Re: Dedicated disks (was: Dangerously Dedicated) Message-ID: <XFMail.001216104816.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200012160727.IAA28032@galaxy.de.cp.philips.com>
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On 16-Dec-00 Helge Oldach wrote: > Glendon Gross: >>Is there anyone interested in rewriting that "fake" partition table, > > Please look at the thread with the same topic three weeks ago. > > I stated that it wouldn't be possible because there is a fundamental > disagreement: > > BIOS standard demands that the first *sector* always remains reserved. > However DD mode only reserves the first *block* and starts with the > actual contents at the second block. This (intentionally) violates BIOS > standards. Though many BIOSsen will happily accept it, some will get > picky and refuse to boot a DD disk due to standards violation. > > If you would leave the first *sector* reserved with DD mode, you are > basically left with the layout of non-DD mode, so this is pointless. s/sector/track/g, s/block/sector/g -- 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-stable" in the body of the message
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