Subject: Re: sorry for this "FAQ-question"
To: None <y0001006@ws.rz.tu-bs.de>
From: Scott Stevens <s.k.stevens@ic.ac.uk>
List: port-arm32
Date: 01/29/1997 18:21:12
Thomas Boroske writes:
>
> Sorry for not making myself clear. What I meant: Will there be a problem
> with the RiscBSD side of thing, ie does bb_riscbsd support partitions
> which start beyond the 512MB boundary ? OK, now I assume bb_riscbsd
> uses filecore somehow, so I guess the problem is gone with the
> RiscOS filecore problem (new filecore), so it'll be OK ? Somehow
> from the old posting I understood that bb_riscbsd was limited to
> the first 512MB to make a partition start there.
bb_riscbsd isn't limited itself as it only writes to the filecore boot
block. whether you can use UnixFS on subsequently created partitions
is another matter.
> Thomas Boroske
Cheers Scott
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