Hallo Herr Bernd Böckmann via Freedos-devel, am Freitag, 7. Juni 2024 um 13:46 schrieben Sie:
>> Am 04.06.2024 um 00:24 schrieb Eric Auer via Freedos-devel >> <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>: >> >> 3. Or we could give SYS support for multi-sector FAT32 boot >> sectors, which would be necessary for automatic switching >> on FAT32. Only FAT16 is simple enough to handle both cases >> within a single sector. > Thinking again about the problem, wouldn't it be an option to always install > the CHS loader if the partition to boot from is within the first 1024 > cylinders? That would have mitigated the problem on the Book386. This would have mitigated the (very rare) case of installing a disk installed on LBA, but moved to CHS only machine. But would create new problems when moving from one CHS machine to another CHS machine with different *virtual* CHS section for the same disk. BIOS's were free to and indeed did translate the same disk to different *virtual* CHS parameters, where LBA addressing solved the problem. Eric is right. in the meantime Jim knows the solution. When buying 386 class machines you are entitled to enjoy all the hidden problems from the time of 386 machines. That's part of the experience;) Tom _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
