Re: A question about LILO limitations text in partition_config.c

[karlheg@bittersweet.inetarena.com (Karl M. Hegbloom)]

>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Sobolev <mss@transas.com> writes:

    Michael> According to cvs, it was you who entered that large text about LILO
    Michael> limitations.  I have a question about formatting of that text: why have you
    Michael> formatted in manually?  I mean, why you typed the text like it is in
    Michael> the cvs tree:

 Yes, I am to blame.

    Michael> "Lilo, the LInux LOader, when installed in the Master Boot Record,\n"
    Michael> "(MBR) and the alternative `mbr' program both have support for large\n"
    Michael> "disks if you have a modern (newer than early 1994-98) BIOS that\n"
    Michael> "supports LBA and the \"Enhanced Disk Drive Support Specification\".\n"
    Michael> "Therefore, if you are certain that your BIOS supports the int 0x13\n"
    Michael> "large disk access extensions, you may partition your drive however you\n"
    Michael> "like.\n"
    Michael> "\n"

    Michael> and not

    Michael> "Lilo, the LInux LOader, when installed in the Master Boot Record, "
    Michael> "(MBR) and the alternative `mbr' program both have support for large "
    Michael> "disks if you have a modern (newer than early 1994-98) BIOS that "
    Michael> "supports LBA and the \"Enhanced Disk Drive Support Specification\". "
    Michael> "Therefore, if you are certain that your BIOS supports the int 0x13 "
    Michael> "large disk access extensions, you may partition your drive however you "
    Michael> "like.\n"
    Michael> "\n"

    Michael> I may just be missing something obvious, but at the moment I am pretty sure
    Michael> wideMessageBox reformats the text...

 You can try it the other way if you like.  I don't remember whether I
 did it that way after trying it without the embedded newlines or not.