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From: David Brockus <dbrockus@cyberhall.com>
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Subject: LBA mode IDE drives and FreeBSD
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I am thinking about installing FreeBSD on a machine with 2GB IDE drive.  
I am wanting to leave a 1GB dos partition on the drive.   If the drive 
type is set to LBA in the BIOS does this cause any problems with 
FreeBSD?

I know some OS's must have the drive type set to normal.


David Brockus