Date: Thu, 29 Dec 1994 13:30:25 -0800 (PST) From: Timmy Wong <timmy@mercury.sfsu.edu> To: Sean Kelly <kelly@fsl.noaa.gov> Cc: tinguely@plains.nodak.edu, FreeBSD-questions@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.0 Installation Problems Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.941229132939.3625C-100000@mercury> In-Reply-To: <199412292113.AA239615580@yarmouth.fsl.noaa.gov>
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On Thu, 29 Dec 1994, Sean Kelly wrote: > >>>>> "Timmy" == Timmy Wong <timmy@mercury.sfsu.edu> writes: > > Timmy> Hmmm, what happened if I formatted the drive for dos > Timmy> under LBA? Is it supposed to work? Like I installed 300 > Timmy> mb's under dos with the system bioses LBA Translation and > Timmy> then the rest for FreeBSD. Thanks for the idea though. > > I did exactly that with DOS already installed when I installed FreeBSD > on my machinq. Strangely enough, DOS didn't seem to mind at all! > Reads and writes under DOS with the now deactivated LBA mapping worked > just as they did before. And they didn't interfere with FreeBSD, and > vice versa. > > I'm only guessing, but it might've been something to do with DOS > ending well below cyl 1024, but who knows? > > --k > > Yes, you are right about that. I wonder if the systems Bios has the burst transfer rates enabled, would FreeBSD actually be using it though.
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