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On 02/26/2010 06:23 PM, BRM wrote: |
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> ----- Original Message ---- |
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>> From: Mark Knecht<markknecht@×××××.com> |
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>> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 4:09 PM, walt wrote: |
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>>> Is there really any need for the "cylinder" these days? |
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>> Who cares what cylinder it's on, and |
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>> who cares which head is getting the data? It doesn't matter to us |
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>> users... |
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> ...Boot Loader writers (e.g. grub) need to care about it since LBA |
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> is not quite available right away - you have to focus on other things |
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> until you can load the rest of the boot loader. |
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Ah, this may be a big part of what's confusing me because I've done a |
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lot of playing around with grub. |
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At what point *does* LBA become available, and who makes it available? |
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Is this one of those stupid BIOS things? |
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