Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 29 Nov 2003 23:44:11 +0100 | Subject | Re: Disk Geometries reported incorrectly on 2.6.0-testX | From | Sven Luther <> |
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On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 11:14:24PM +0100, Andries Brouwer wrote: > On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 06:01:03PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > > The only problem is that your BIOS will probably not be able > > to boot from it > > You seem to misunderstand the boot sequence. > The BIOS does not generally do any parsing of partition tables.
A, ok. I am more familiar with open firmware, which does contain partition table reading code.
That said, i really doubt that a standard BIOS can boot from a not MBR containing disk, but i may be wrong.
Friendly,
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