In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ian Dowse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed:
> As to the issue of BIOSes disliking DD modes, there have been a few
> different reasons suggested.
I had a dual xeon BIOS that had "anti-virus" code. If the boot block
didn't have the write MBR on it, it rewrote the first 63 sectors,
clobbering my DD (type B) disklabel. It could be turned off in the
BIOS, but caused me (not the kernel) to panic the first time it
happened.
<mike
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