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- Lines: 23
- Date:
Mon Jul 31 14:30:14 1995
- Orig file:
v1.3.13/linux/drivers/block/README.ide
- Orig date:
Tue Jul 11 10:02:48 1995
diff -u --recursive --new-file v1.3.13/linux/drivers/block/README.ide linux/drivers/block/README.ide
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@
- use kernel command line option: hda=dtc2278
- run-time selectable 32bit interface support (using hdparm-2.3)
-NEW! - support for DiskManager 6.0x "Dynamic Disk Overlay" (experimental)
NEW! - support for drives with a stuck WRERR_STAT bit
NEW! - support for removeable devices
+NEW! - transparent support for DiskManager 6.0x and "Dynamic Disk Overlay"
+ - works with Linux fdisk, LILO, loadlin, bootln, etc..
***
@@ -267,7 +268,7 @@
Western Digital ships a "DiskManager 6.03" diskette with all of their big
hard drives. Use BIOS translation instead of this if possible, as it is a
more generally compatible method of achieving the same results (DOS access
-to the entire disk). However, if you must use DiskManager, it should now
-work with Linux 1.3.x in most cases. Let me know if you still have trouble.
+to the entire disk). However, if you must use DiskManager, it now works
+with Linux 1.3.x in most cases. Let me know if you still have trouble.
mlord@bnr.ca
FUNET's LINUX-ADM group, linux-adm@nic.funet.fi
TCL-scripts by Sam Shen, slshen@lbl.gov
with Sam's (original) version of this