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    SubjectRe: Kernel & BIOS return differing head/sector geometries
    Werner Almesberger wrote:
    > H. Peter Anvin wrote:
    >
    >>Presumably "linear", not "lba32". I *presume* LILO has enough
    >>wherewithal to use EBIOS if it's available and fall back to CBIOS
    >>otherwise for at least one of these options. I at least thought "lba32"
    >>would force EBIOS usage.
    >
    >
    > Yes, that seems to be the case. (All the LBA32 code is from John
    > Coffman. I've copied him in case he's interested in the thread.)
    > But you're still betting on the BIOS to either implement EDD
    > correctly, or at least to report that it doesn't support it.
    >
    > Call me paranoid, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if there are
    > some BIOSes out there that get this wrong.
    >

    Well... it's somewhat unlikely given the sheer amount of things that
    would probably break. The rule these days is that if it works with the
    particular versin of M$ that's currently shipping then it's good, but
    I'm pretty sure NTLOADER uses EDD.

    -hpa


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