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  From: Mark Newton <newton@atdot.dotat.org>
  To  : Rick Marshall <rjm@herzfeld.com.au>
  Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 16:08:42 +1030 (CST)

Re: Big disk drive + small PC + linux

Rick Marshall wrote:

 > The 1023 limit is because the BIOS uses only 10 bits for cylinder
 > address. The other 6 are used for something else.

The number of heads (which is why you can only have 64 heads on your 
1024 cylinder disk).

   - mark

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