Date: Sun, 29 Jan 1995 02:11:21 -0800 (PST) From: wgb@netcom.com (Bill Bosacker) To: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Fix for IDE drives with > 1024 cylinders Message-ID: <199501291011.CAA11168@netcom12.netcom.com>
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Well I have a fix that I originally wrote for version 1.5.1.1 and then modified it for version 2.0. It seems to work fine using the LB addressing mode of the IDE specifications. The only hardware reuirements are a drive that supports LB addressing (almost all large drives do) and a set of BIOS (either your SYSTEM BIOS or BIOS on an IDE Controller) that support this mode and allow LBA translations. I will send you the fixed versions of the 3 files that need to be changed, 'bootinfo.h', 'wd.c', and 'wdreg.h'. If you have any questions, just let me know. Take it easy.....
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