Un<para>-wrap some tables and examples.
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<!-- $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/multi-os/article.sgml,v 1.6 1999/09/06 06:52:37 peter Exp $ -->
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<!DOCTYPE ARTICLE PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD DocBook V3.1-Based Extension//EN">
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<article>
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install FreeBSD, Linux, and Windows 95 on them.</para>
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<para>Here's how I might do it using these hard disks:
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</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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<para>Both disks have 1416 cylinders.</para>
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restricts users of this interface (i.e. boot managers hooked into
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your disk's MBR as well as OS loaders hooked into the Boot Sectors)
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to the following limits:
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</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>1024 cylinders, max</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>256 heads , max</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>64 sectors/track, max (actually 63, <literal>0</> isn't
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available)</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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<para>Now big hard disks have lots of cylinders but not a lot of
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heads, so invariably with big hard disks the number of cylinders is
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@ -533,11 +533,11 @@ can't boot off just anywhere on your hard disk. The boot code (the
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boot manager and the OS loader hooked into all bootable partitions'
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Boot Sectors) has to reside below cylinder 1024. In fact, if your
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hard disk is typical and has 16 heads, this equates to:
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</para>
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<informalexample>
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<para>1024 cyl/disk × 16 heads/disk × 63 sect/(cyl-head)
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× 512 bytes/sector</para>
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</informalexample>
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</para>
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<para>which is around the often-mentioned 528MB limit.</para>
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@ -558,16 +558,16 @@ BIOS, you can put FreeBSD or any OS anywhere you want and not hit the
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<para>To use my 1.6 Gig Western Digital as an example again, it's
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physical geometry is:
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</para>
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<informalexample>
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<para>(3148 cyl, 16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 512 bytes/sector)</para>
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</informalexample>
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</para>
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<para>However, my BIOS LBA remaps this to:
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</para>
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<informalexample>
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<para>( 787 cyl, 64 heads, 63 sectors/track, 512 bytes/sector)</para>
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</informalexample>
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</para>
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<para>giving the same effective size disk, but with cylinder and head
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counts within the BIOS API's range (Incidentally, I have both Linux and
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<para>For reference, the following boot managers use the
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Master Boot Sector to store their code and data:
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</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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<para>These boot managers use a few additional sectors after the
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Master Boot Sector:
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</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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</sect3>
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<para>If you have a bootable DOS partition on your disk, you can boot
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off a DOS floppy, and run:
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</para>
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<informalexample>
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<screen>A:\> <userinput>FDISK /MBR</></screen>
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</informalexample>
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</para>
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<para>to put the original, simple DOS boot code back into the system. You can
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then boot DOS (and DOS only) off the hard drive. Alternatively, just
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<!-- $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/multi-os/article.sgml,v 1.6 1999/09/06 06:52:37 peter Exp $ -->
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<!-- $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/multi-os/article.sgml,v 1.7 1999/10/04 21:41:03 jesusr Exp $ -->
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<!DOCTYPE ARTICLE PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD DocBook V3.1-Based Extension//EN">
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<article>
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@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ table, making it incompatible with some boot managers.</para></note>
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install FreeBSD, Linux, and Windows 95 on them.</para>
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<para>Here's how I might do it using these hard disks:
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</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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@ -142,7 +143,6 @@ install FreeBSD, Linux, and Windows 95 on them.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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<para>Both disks have 1416 cylinders.</para>
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@ -518,13 +518,13 @@ bits to the Head Number, and 6 bits to the Sector Number. This
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restricts users of this interface (i.e. boot managers hooked into
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your disk's MBR as well as OS loaders hooked into the Boot Sectors)
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to the following limits:
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</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>1024 cylinders, max</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>256 heads , max</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>64 sectors/track, max (actually 63, <literal>0</> isn't
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available)</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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<para>Now big hard disks have lots of cylinders but not a lot of
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heads, so invariably with big hard disks the number of cylinders is
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@ -533,11 +533,11 @@ can't boot off just anywhere on your hard disk. The boot code (the
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boot manager and the OS loader hooked into all bootable partitions'
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Boot Sectors) has to reside below cylinder 1024. In fact, if your
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hard disk is typical and has 16 heads, this equates to:
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</para>
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<informalexample>
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<para>1024 cyl/disk × 16 heads/disk × 63 sect/(cyl-head)
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× 512 bytes/sector</para>
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</informalexample>
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</para>
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<para>which is around the often-mentioned 528MB limit.</para>
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@ -558,16 +558,16 @@ BIOS, you can put FreeBSD or any OS anywhere you want and not hit the
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<para>To use my 1.6 Gig Western Digital as an example again, it's
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physical geometry is:
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</para>
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<informalexample>
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<para>(3148 cyl, 16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 512 bytes/sector)</para>
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</informalexample>
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</para>
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<para>However, my BIOS LBA remaps this to:
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</para>
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<informalexample>
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<para>( 787 cyl, 64 heads, 63 sectors/track, 512 bytes/sector)</para>
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</informalexample>
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</para>
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<para>giving the same effective size disk, but with cylinder and head
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counts within the BIOS API's range (Incidentally, I have both Linux and
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@ -621,6 +621,7 @@ shifting later when I repartition.</para>
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<para>For reference, the following boot managers use the
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Master Boot Sector to store their code and data:
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</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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@ -636,10 +637,10 @@ Master Boot Sector to store their code and data:
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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<para>These boot managers use a few additional sectors after the
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Master Boot Sector:
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</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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@ -651,7 +652,6 @@ Master Boot Sector:
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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</sect3>
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@ -665,10 +665,10 @@ manager.</para>
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<para>If you have a bootable DOS partition on your disk, you can boot
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off a DOS floppy, and run:
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</para>
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<informalexample>
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<screen>A:\> <userinput>FDISK /MBR</></screen>
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</informalexample>
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</para>
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<para>to put the original, simple DOS boot code back into the system. You can
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then boot DOS (and DOS only) off the hard drive. Alternatively, just
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