From 20e427787efa943470f4b38eeb96b9dda152fb07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: rnordier Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 01:40:57 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Note that a standard MBR supports booting only from hard drive 0 --- sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8 | 5 ++++- sbin/i386/fdisk/fdisk.8 | 5 ++++- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8 b/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8 index 748648d41931..cd82ed585491 100644 --- a/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8 +++ b/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8 @@ -72,7 +72,10 @@ is given. Reinitialize the boot code contained in sector 0 of the disk. Ignored if .Fl f -is given. +is given. It should be noted, however, that the standard boot code +written by +.Nm +is suitable for booting only from hard drive 0 (BIOS drive 0x80). .It Fl 1234 Operate on a single fdisk entry only. Ignored if .Fl f diff --git a/sbin/i386/fdisk/fdisk.8 b/sbin/i386/fdisk/fdisk.8 index 748648d41931..cd82ed585491 100644 --- a/sbin/i386/fdisk/fdisk.8 +++ b/sbin/i386/fdisk/fdisk.8 @@ -72,7 +72,10 @@ is given. Reinitialize the boot code contained in sector 0 of the disk. Ignored if .Fl f -is given. +is given. It should be noted, however, that the standard boot code +written by +.Nm +is suitable for booting only from hard drive 0 (BIOS drive 0x80). .It Fl 1234 Operate on a single fdisk entry only. Ignored if .Fl f