On 28-Mar-00 Daniel C. Sobral wrote:
> John Baldwin wrote:
>>
>> Looks good to me, but I need to test it to make sure. I will also look
>> at seeing if I can squeeze the int 13 extension installation check into
>> boot1 and boot0 so that they will use packet mode automatically as well.
>
> I recall comments (by rnordier/msmith) to the effect that packet mode
> support might break things.
Oh, I remember. This just checks if the controller supports LBA. You also
need to check if the drive supports LBA. The problem is with older drives.
Hmm, I'll look around to see if you can ask the BIOS for drive capabilities.
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