Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 20:40:28 +0200 From: Frank Staals <frank@fstaals.homeunix.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 65, Issue 7 Question 10 Message-ID: <40CF429C.9080304@fstaals.homeunix.org> In-Reply-To: <20040615171056.7CD1C16A506@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20040615171056.7CD1C16A506@hub.freebsd.org>
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freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org wrote: >Message: 10 >Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 22:26:05 +0900 >From: Rob <stopspam@users.sourceforge.net> >Subject: 160 Gb Harddisk: needs extra tweeking? >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Message-ID: <40CEF8ED.6070207@users.sourceforge.net> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > >Hi, > >I never had such a monster of a big harddisk; hence my question. > >I've got a 160 Gb Western Digital Harddisk (WD 1600 JB). > >It comes with a tiny CD-rom, about 8cm in diameter, entitled >"Data Lifeguard Tools". I don't know what to do with this CDrom. > >I am planning to use this harddisk as the only harddisk in >my PC and install FreeBSD (preferably version 5-Current) on it. >Will I encounter problems? Does it need extra tweeking? > >The Western Digital homepage says somewhere: "Hard drives larger than >137 GB require a controller card to utilize full drive capacity." >What does that mean? > > >Another question. The Western Digital homepage lists this about the harddisk: > Data Transfer Rate (Buffer to Host) > 100 MB/s (Mode 5 Ultra ATA) > 66.6 MB/s (Mode 4 Ultra ATA) > 33.3 MB/s (Mode 2 Ultra ATA) > 16.6 MB/s (Mode 4 PIO) > 16.6 MB/s (Mode 2 multi-word DMA) > >Do I have to tell this to the kernel somehow, or is this a BIOS thing? >Are there good reasons not to choose the fastest option "Mode 5" here? > > >Thanks for help and advice. > >Rob. > > What kind of computer are you planning to insert the harddisk? Here I have a 80 Gb Hard-disk in a Pentium 2. I had to update the BIOS settings so the computer would reconigze the Hard-drive. If you have a relative old computer I think you have to update the BIOS. good luck -- Frank Staals ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Greatest pleasure in life is doing things people say you cannot do - Walter Bagehot ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- With questions or comment mail to Frank@FStaals.nl.eu.org
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