Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 24 Jun 2003 08:29:20 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Kernel & BIOS return differing head/sector geometries |
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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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