MIKE FRITZ wrote in a message to LAWRENCE GARVIN:
LG> MF> and OS/2 is completely past the 1024 cyls.
LG>Because it's the _BIOS_ that needs to be able to read the boot partition.
LG>Once the boot partition is read, it's the OS/2 Boot Manager 
LG>Program Code that loads the OS/2 operating system kernel from 
LG>the OS/2 partition wherever it might b
 MF> If that were so, then it shouldn't matter that the partition is 
 MF> above the 1024 cyls.  But for some reason it does matter.  If I 
 MF> put my DOS partition over 1024 cyls, this it won't boot either.
Dos is another story altogether,  there is a limit in the bios,  and another 
limit in dos,  and together they create the problem.  That doesn't apply when 
it comes to OS/2,  though.
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