From: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl
To: hpa@zytor.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: partition table read incorrectly
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 16:21:03 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200110031621.QAA03519@vlet.cwi.nl> (raw)
>> Maybe there is still "0xaa55" on the disk at 0x1fe and the kernel
>> thinks it is a DOS partition?
> Note that that is true for *ANY* partition scheme which is bootable,
> since this is a requirement of the boot firmware interface, rather of
> any particular partitioning scheme...
You mean on i386 hardware? With the most common BIOS versions?
next reply other threads:[~2001-10-03 16:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-10-03 16:21 Andries.Brouwer [this message]
2001-10-03 17:04 ` partition table read incorrectly Charles Marslett
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2001-10-02 18:29 Wichert Akkerman
2001-10-02 18:42 ` Alan Cox
2001-10-02 20:00 ` Wichert Akkerman
2001-10-02 21:08 ` Andreas Dilger
2001-10-03 0:34 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-10-03 11:22 ` Guest section DW
2001-10-02 22:45 ` Alan Cox
2001-10-03 0:57 ` Wichert Akkerman
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