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From: rhh@ct.picker.com (Randall Hopper)
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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