[syslinux] Old BIOS with hard disk limits

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Fri Jun 10 08:17:22 PDT 2005


Mario Stadlhofer wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> does syslinux break the limits of old BIOS with int13 only (max 500mb HD)?
> Do it support extended int13?
> 

Old INT 13h is limited to 8 GB, not 500 MB.  Anyway, yes, it does, for 
syslinux 3.xx.  Some people have reported problems which may relate to 
this code on some BIOSes, though.

	-hpa




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