Hello Charles!
29 Apr 98 07:05, Charles Gaefke wrote to Don Woodall:
 DW>> That is your problem.  All bootable partitions must be
 DW>> entirely, completely with the first 1,024 logical cylinders for
 DW>> the BIOS to see the partition and boot it.
 CG>     For *ANY* operating system?
Unless you know of an operating system that can load disk drivers before it 
loads itself. Before the operating system can even be a factor, "something" 
has to find the boot partition and the loader for the os in question. Even 
then, the os has to get its own disk drivers loaded, before it has any 
control.
Since the "something" in question is the system bios, it should be obvious 
that the boot partition must be fully visible to bios and subject to all of 
its limitations.
Kenneth (kabrams@erols.com)
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