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...But maybe one should rather state that if a BIOS is too dumb for uneven partiton endings, then it is probably too dumb for large partitions, too. Any experience around ? Any opinions ? The advise to set large drive ends to 1023,254,63 is taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record#Partition_table_entries --------------------------------------------------------- To the wiki admins: I acquired a SYSLINUX wiki account: "scdbackup" Please enable editing. Have a nice day :) Thomas _______________________________________________ Syslinux mailing list Submissions to Syslinux at zytor.com...

...tate that if a BIOS is too dumb for > uneven partiton endings, then it is probably too dumb for large > partitions, too. > Any experience around ? Any opinions ? > > The advise to set large drive ends to 1023,254,63 is taken from > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record#Partition_table_entries Excellent point. Thank you. I was merely thinking of a relatively easy scenario that could confuse BIOSs/firmwares and cause them to ignore the drive. > --------------------------------------------------------- > To the wiki admins: > > I acquired a SYSLINUX wiki account: "scdb...

Hi, funny or enlightening observation: With my qemu-system-i386 it would work if the detected Heads/Cylinder and Sectors/Head factors would change positions ! The effective read operation seems to use H/C = 32 , S/H = 63. The correct LBA would be addressed by H/C = 63 , S/H = 32. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reasoning: I have transplanted the

...But maybe one should rather state that if a BIOS is too dumb for uneven partiton endings, then it is probably too dumb for large partitions, too. Any experience around ? Any opinions ? The advise to set large drive ends to 1023,254,63 is taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record#Partition_table_entries --------------------------------------------------------- To the wiki admins: I acquired a SYSLINUX wiki account: "scdbackup" Please enable editing. Have a nice day :) Thomas

...ate that if a BIOS is too dumb for > uneven partiton endings, then it is probably too dumb for large > partitions, too. > Any experience around ? Any opinions ? > > The advise to set large drive ends to 1023,254,63 is taken from > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record#Partition_table_entries > > A relatively modern partitioning tool (not from the '80s) would already include adequate support for LBA, and for MiB alignment. If we are trying to help non-technical users, we shouldn't be adding information that could make their lives more complex. That's why I ment...

...S (646, 63, 32) address tell that the partition table was made under the assumption H/C= 64 and S/H= 32. That's what hpa prescribed to me for smaller sized isohybrids. The EFI partition bears the CHS value which says that it is not valid. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record#Partition_table_entries which says: "When a CHS address is too large to fit into these fields, the tuple (1023, 254, 63) is typically used today," Since the only intended audience of the partition is UEFI firmware, i'd say it is safe to assume that it can address by LBA. I will have to examine whethe...

In message <70229.1390169666 at server1.tristatelogic.com>, I wrote: >In message <52DC29E3.7080004 at mattiasschlenker.de>, >Mattias Schlenker <ms at mattiasschlenker.de> wrote: > >>To cut a log story short, we probably should write some advices for best >>practices of creating bootable media... >... >