cvs commit: src/sys/boot/i386/boot2 boot1.S

[Yar Tikhiy]

yar         2004-08-28 08:32:23 UTC

  FreeBSD src repository

  Modified files:
    sys/boot/i386/boot2  boot1.S 
  Log:
  Try packet mode of INT13 on a hard disk first if not prohibited by
  the flag, fall back to the old INT13/AH=02 function if that fails.
  This way of operation is less likely to fail with modern BIOSes and
  large disks of strange geometries.
  
  PR:             i386/70241
  Submitted by:   Valentin Nechayev <netch <@> netch.kiev.ua> (inital version)
  Discussed with: jhb (by Valentin Nechayev)
  Tested on:      bochs (with EDD turned on or off by patching the BIOS), PCs
  
  Revision  Changes    Path
  1.30      +21 -19    src/sys/boot/i386/boot2/boot1.S