Subject: Re: ERR_NOOS in stand/mbr/mbr.S
To: Brian A. Seklecki <lavalamp@spiritual-machines.org>
From: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
List: port-i386
Date: 04/28/2006 12:54:36
On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 12:27:23 -0400 (EDT), "Brian A. Seklecki"
<lavalamp@spiritual-machines.org> wrote:

> > geometry.  Note the "geomspec" operand to vnconfig; if you get that right,
> 
> "Ahhhh" you're right.  I forgot about the whole PC BIOS LBA/CHS/Large mode 
> access.  I can toggle on or off LBA access mode on some of my dev boxes; 
> however some of them like to probe it in CHS mode.
> 
> What mode do you suppose a CF ATA adapter should be in?  This is 1GIG, so 
> translation is almost a must.

ENOCLUE.


		--Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb