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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hello,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I have an old system running Interactive Unix on a 15
head harddisk (4Gb).</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I would like to clone this system to a 16 head harddisk
because it is now difficult to find 15 head harddisks.</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The problem is that I cannot modify the system which
think it has a 15 head harddisk.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I suppose that Interactive unix use the Int13
interrupt mechanism to access the disk (am I wrong ?).</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I wonder if there is a possibility to modify openbios
so that a 16 head harddisk is used and is simulated as a 15 head harddisk by
the bios ?</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I would probably have to modify the drivers/ide.c
file to do a conversion.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>My questions are:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Can openbios boot Interactive Unix ?</span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-<font
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</span></font></span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>What implementation should I use ?</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thanks for any help,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:2.25pt'><b><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
font-weight:bold'>Leszek Hanusz</span></font></b></p>
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