Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 13:48:07 -0400 (EDT) From: rhh@ct.picker.com (Randall Hopper) To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: large hard drive Message-ID: <9508291748.AA09622@elmer.ct.picker.com>
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john@starfire.mn.org:
> I have an ESDI disk with 69 physical sectors per track (i.e., more
> than 63...). I have run FreeBSD on the drive in non-translated
> mode, but DOS simple can't handle a non-translated geometry for this
> drive (comes out with 5 sectors/track...). Is there any chance of
> ever sharing this drive with FreeBSD, Linux, NetBSD, OS/2, Win95, NT,
> or any other 32-bit operating system?
I don't know if this is applicable, but I just installed an 1.2 Meg EIDE
drive on 2.0.5 last night with BIOS translated geometry (ASUS P55TP4XE Award
BIOS w/ WD31200). DOS Primary in first 359 megs, DOS Extended in next 511, and
FreeBSD in last 352 megs using OS/BS Beta to boot between DOS/FreeBSD. I was
surprised that there weren't any problems.
I was prompted to try this by a mention I'd seen in an FAQ that FreeBSD
can handle translated geometry so long as the geometry didn't change during the
boot process.
Randy
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