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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:5115 comp.os.386bsd.bugs:2925 comp.os.386bsd.questions:16247 comp.os.386bsd.development:3093 comp.os.386bsd.apps:1626 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!trib.apple.com!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!news.cs.utah.edu!news.cc.utah.edu!cs.weber.edu!terry From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.bugs,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.apps Subject: *** MAGIC BOOT BLOCKS *** Date: 25 Jan 1995 17:22:18 GMT Organization: Weber State University, Ogden, UT Lines: 26 Message-ID: <3g61ca$baa@news.cc.utah.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.weber.edu Recently, someone posted an article on vendor supplied boot blocks that do geometry translation by redirecting INT 13. I am seeking a copy of that article. I have searched the news archives under the topics "boot" and "EIDE" and a couple of others, but come up empty. This article was by someone that referred to themselves as an outsider expressing concern, so I know that this is a long shot. I believe the article specifically referenced OEM supplied master boot records. It think it also referenced "Gateway" and "EIDE", specifically the Gateway > 500M EIDE disks. If you have a copy of the article, or if you are the author, or if you can simply point me at the thing, I'd be grateful. Terry Lambert terry@cs.weber.edu --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.