Re: cloning hard disk - /boot
On Sat, 19 Feb 2005, Pigeon wrote:
> OK, I'm getting puzzled here... AIUI the purpose of a separate /boot
> partition is to make it possible to load the kernel under the control
> of an old BIOS that only knows how to access part of the disk. A BIOS
> that can't do LBA will be limited to the first half gig. The higher
> limit would apply to a BIOS that can do LBA but only with an
> insufficient number of bits.
yup ...
> It seems to me that you're saying that a BIOS which is limited by the
> number of bits it can handle for LBA, when presented with a larger
> disk than it can handle, acts as if it's limited by not being able to
> do LBA at all. I can't see why this would be the case. Or have I got
> hold of the wrong end of the stick?
donno where that came from, but sorry about the confusion, just memorize
your first set of statements and we and the machines will be happy :-0
and lots more lba fun too..
lba-12, lba16, lba-24, lba-48, ... or something like that
c ya
alvin
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