Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 3 Oct 2001 12:20:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 3 Oct 2001 12:20:42 -0400 Received: from hera.cwi.nl ([192.16.191.8]:14512 "EHLO hera.cwi.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 3 Oct 2001 12:20:35 -0400 From: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 16:21:03 GMT Message-Id: <200110031621.QAA03519@vlet.cwi.nl> To: hpa@zytor.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: partition table read incorrectly Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >> Maybe there is still "0xaa55" on the disk at 0x1fe and the kernel >> thinks it is a DOS partition? > Note that that is true for *ANY* partition scheme which is bootable, > since this is a requirement of the boot firmware interface, rather of > any particular partitioning scheme... You mean on i386 hardware? With the most common BIOS versions? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/