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Author SHA1 Message Date
lukem 42039d09f9 use .Xr 2000-11-07 05:40:17 +00:00
fvdl c0042f7871 Because of space constraints, error messages got shortened. Reflect this
in the manual page.
1999-05-02 12:18:40 +00:00
fvdl a6f7895b92 Only use int13 extensions if the sectors can not be read through the
older CHS interface. This works around stupid BIOSs who report that
int13 extensions are present and functional, but fail when you actually
use them. Like Adaptec SCSI BIOSs.

For the bootselector, there was no space to get the CHS info from
the BIOS. Instead, use a flag that can be set by fdisk. fdisk will
set it if one of the partitions on the disk is out of CHS reach
for this disk/BIOS, so that the bootselector will use int13 extensions.
This isn't so bad, because it needs to be configured via fdisk anyway.

Change the mbr manualpage to reflect some shorter error messages.
1999-04-28 23:27:01 +00:00
fvdl 7adcf112ca Add a manual page describing the MBR and the bootselector. 1999-04-15 22:35:19 +00:00