Subject: Exactly what does the 1024 cyl limit break?
To: None <port-i386@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Joel Reicher <void@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au>
List: port-i386
Date: 11/27/1997 21:35:01
I can't even be sure I'm asking the right question. I know there is some
sort of limit on hard drive size for _something_, and I vaguely remember
it being 1024 cylinders, LBA or not. I also seem to remember it is only a
BIOS limitation and affects booting, but nothing else. If I have all of
this right, then which bit of the boot process does it affect? Would I be
right in saying that the only restriction it places on NetBSD is that the
kernel being booted must be below cyl 1024?
TIA,
- Joel Reicher