Subject: Re: Newbie question
To: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 09/02/1997 23:18:26
David Brownlee writes:
> 	The i386 port uses a two part bootstrap now. The first part loads
> 	the second using the BIOS, so its advisable to keep all of
> 	partition 'a' within the first 1024 cylinders.

It is true that we now do a two stage bootstrap, BUT, in fact it was
*always* required that all kernel sectors be within the region loadable
with the BIOS -- i.e. the first 1024 cylinders. Thus, it has always
been the case that the 'a' partition should be within the first 1024
sectors, and it is likely to remain that way for the forseeable future.

Perry