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Cylinder-head-sector disk addressing: addressable range, direct use, compatibility issues and conversion between coordinate systems.

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Can Linux boot beyond 1023 cylinders on old BIOS?

Just use loadlin from within the DOS partition which is within the BIOS accessible area of the disk, or shrink the DOS partition and create a small /boot partition that is within 1023 cylinders. If yo …
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How can I tell if my old PC supports > 137 GB hard drives?

Sometimes software will use original INT 13h access though in which case there will be problems if the CHS values change. … Most operating systems that are more advanced than DOS use their own drivers to access the hard drive, so the CMOS INT 13h method is not used, and so the CHS values for the drive in the BIOS won't matter …
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