On 20 Nov, Mike Smith wrote:
>> Let me state this one more time loudly for those calling themselves boot
>> code experts. THE PARTITION TABLE IN THE MBR IS NOT DEALT WITH BY THE BIOS,
>> BIOSES THAT TRY TO MAKE HEADS OR TALES OF PARTITION TABLES ARE TECHNICALLY
>> BROKEN AND VIOLATE IBM AT COMPATIBILITY. If you doubt this go read about
>> BIOS service 19H, IPL load.
>
> It doesn't matter how loudly you shout, or what exactly you stuff in your
> ears. The fact is that this code exists, is part of the de-facto
> platform standard, and has to be dealt with as such.
>
> You are welcome to continue to dual-boot FreeBSD and PC-DOS 2.0. In the
> meantime, the rest of us are living in the real world, and dealing with
> real-world problems. Please let us get on with what has to be done.
> Thankyou.
>
Has it occured to you that perhaps there are people that really, really
want DD?
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