> > for the DOS folk, this is maybe a wake-up call to start implementing > > additional partitioning schemes? (by the way, the last version of fdisk I > > used > > is broken, it started creating empty partitions)
> Which version is this? Painful but works for me in very limited tests (version from cca 5 years ago ...) > Luckily EFI does not seem to be complicated - EFI > partitions ignore all CHS values and both FreeDOS and EDR-DOS seem to prefer CHS over LBA whenever possible ... any way to change this bad behavior ? BTW, some time ago I tried to kick the redundant CHS entries, result: Windaube broken, DOS still works ! > I still have some utilities that are written in DOS+BIOS calls. Me too (any way to use VESA without BIOS ???). > so I am not sure what to do next. If the thing really lacks any BIOS: use BOCHS (it does have BIOS). > MBR allows a chain of infinitely many logical partitions. > It is just that the MBR allows only 4 primary partitions. This is not great and increases the risk of partition vanishment or corruption :-( -- ~~~ wow ~~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) One Node allows customers to consolidate database storage, standardize their database environment, and, should the need arise, upgrade to a full multi-node Oracle RAC database without downtime or disruption http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
