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From: Rodolfo Heitor Gevaerd de Faria <rodolfo@ravel.ufrj.br>
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Subject: Re: Does BSD support LBA mode?
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Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 11:08:54 -0300 (EST)
In-Reply-To: <199608101544.LAA12606@elmer.picker.com> from Randall Hopper at "Aug 10, 96 11:44:18 am"
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Randall Hopper was saying that,
]  >Hi I just purchased a copy of FreeBSD on CD and found it won't boot with 
]  >my computer.  My question is: does FreeBSD support harddisk LBA mode? I 
]  >tried to install it with a 270MB and a 800MB hd and both won't boot.  If 
]  >BSD really doesn't support LBA mode what should I do? Without LBA my 
]  >computer won't see harddisk >528 MB.
] 
] I can confirm that FreeBSD works fine with BIOS LBA.  I have two versions
] of FreeBSD installed on my machine.  One at the back of a 1.2 Gig EIDE
] disk, and one at the end of a 1.6Gig EIDE disk.  The second install, by the
] way, is completely above 528MB.  Been running this setup for over a year
] without any problems.
] 
] Randall Hopper
] rhh@ct.picker.com
] 
] 


  I have a question about LBA..

  I've heard that LBA works fine for HDs < 2Gbytes. But the vendors of 
 >2Gbytes drives says that they work with LBA.

  Will those drives ( >2Gbytes, like 2.5G or 3.1G) work with FreeBSD, or
they use those "DiskManager" drivers to work with DOS/Windows.:(


  Has anyone used one of those?

       

	Rodolfo H G Faria
       <rodolfo@ravel.ufrj.br>