Re: AoE INT13h progress

James Harper wrote:
> 
> With the latter, it allows the BIOS to assume the geometry that the disk
> was partitioned with. Not doing so can get you into all sorts of
> trouble. But maybe have it as optional rather than default behaviour...
> 

Yes, the problem with that is you can get into a situation where the 
geometry is wrong, and it stays wrong.

> 
> AoE is designed as a SAN protocol, and it is conceivable that no servers
> actually have local disks, and that a DHCP/TFTP server might not be
> available. Also, it would be another point of failure unless the SAN
> could provide this information... hmmm... definitely warrants more
> discussion.
> 

I'm fairly familiar with AoE, and yes, discovery in these sort of 
environments are very much usage-dependent.  Some people will really 
want it, and some can't even handle it :-/

	-hpa


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