On Jun 27, 1996 at 19:15, Keith Richardson of 3:711/934.6 wrote:

 db>> Bummer.  This is what gives me the shits with translated drive
 db>> geometries.  :-(
 KR>
 KR> if we could lose int 13 all would be well...

This is why I like what I've seen of the proposed standard PowerPC
architecture machines - no more PC-style BIOS (emulated, if necessary), but
a proper boot PROM monitor, like in SPARC systems.  It's built on the
IEEE-proposed standard bootstrap system for computers, and along with the
IEEE-standarised bus types (including ISA, SBus and I think PCI too), means
you could almost have a completely modularised machine.

The PC architecture sucks.  :-(

 KR> i hadn't read your message when i wrote mine, thanks for the info

Let me know if it works.

 db>> "Next sector"?!  Perhaps the next sector in the partition table
 db>> structure...
 KR>
 KR> no, the next part of the loader.

The MBR is only one sector - WTF is "the rest of the loader"? 
Are you telling me LILO sneaks in a few sectors somewhere else?  Strange,
as mine sits alone in the boot sector of my Linux partition (single
sector).

Cheers..

    - dave
    d.begley{at}ieee.org

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