Tom Embt wrote:
>
> At 06:50 PM 10/8/99 +0900, you wrote:
> >Tom Embt wrote:
> >>
> >> If ever there was such a requirement, it is no longer applicable. Some
> >> (all?) off the various incantations of Windows need to boot < 1024 cyl
> >> boundary (usually 8 GB), but they are happy in any slice. IIRC, they do
> >> have problems booting to anything other than primary master for IDE.
> >
> >There *is* a limitation. Windows will only boot from a primary
> >partition.
>
> I never said otherwise[1], but you are correct. ..something that I've
> stopped thinking of as a limitation bur rather a M$ fact of life :(
>
> I've noticed the BSL documentation claims to be able to boot from extended
> partitions if the OS supports it. Does anyone know if this means Windows
> can indeed be tricked into doing this? If not, I must wonder what OS's
> _do_ support such a thing. I don't have the $$ to get a full version of it
> to play with.
Linux, os/2, and windows NT will boot off extended partitions, for what it's
worth.
Eric Hedstrom
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