Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 10:50:49 -0400 From: Ian Graeme Hilt <ihilt@bluebottle.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: jdow <jdow@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: Origin of hard drive parameters Message-ID: <200609091050.50141.ihilt@bluebottle.com> In-Reply-To: <034201c6d20f$d044a5a0$0225a8c0@Wednesday> References: <890E919AB0857D4A8A52A4AD5E0F0F6221A1C2@msc-server.msc.mcgregor-surmount.com> <945DB39F-ECC9-4872-9F5D-EC45BCD439CE@mac.com> <034201c6d20f$d044a5a0$0225a8c0@Wednesday>
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On Wednesday 06 September 2006 7:54 pm, jdow wrote: > >> Ok. Maybe the better question is: in either case, C/H/S or LBA mode, > >> where are these parameters stored? > They flat out are not stored anywhere. There is a standard algorithm > published by the VESA people, I believe, that provides the data for > all SCSI drives and modern IDE/ATA/SATA drives. Do you know the name of this standard or where I can get it? Ian Graeme Hilt
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