bug / feature request

Hello,

        I am trying to boot OpenBSD/i386 from a 40GB hard drive partitioned thusly:

12GB: Win2k
20GB: OpenBSD
8GB: Linux

        The Win2k and Linux installs pre-date the BSD install. I have successfully run Linux, FreeBSD, and NetBSD in the 20GB partition.

        I have read on newsgroups that OpenBSD cannot boot from a partition that starts at >1023 cylinders on the hard drive. At first I didn't believe this, thinking that those posts were relevent only for, say, 2.7-ish releases and that by now that booting liability has surely been overcome.

        However, such does not appear to be the case, judging from the documentation and Google-combing. Technically, I suppose this is a feature request, but with every other modern OS (even Windows) supporting booting from >1023 cylinders, I consider this to be a real eyesore for OBSD.

        Could this feature be added? I think if OBSD would clear this up, and perhaps the somewhat spartan nature of its installer, a LOT more people would be willing to try it out.

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