Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 13:17:27 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Cc: lenzi@cwbone.bsi.com.br, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: boot disk.... Message-ID: <199510260347.NAA09839@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199510252120.OAA19573@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Oct 25, 95 02:20:48 pm
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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! [[
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