Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 05:30:21 +1100 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: bde@zeta.org.au, gibbs@narnia.plutotech.com Cc: scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Minor annoyances with ZIP Plus Message-ID: <199801261830.FAA06363@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>Which is exactly the reason why we shouldn't be using the RG page at all. >Almost every SCSI adapter we support will not properly boot a system with >a physical geometry in the MBR and when you get a new disk drive it doesn't >have a valid MBR to override the dummy label. Sure it will. You just can't put a physical geometry in the MBR for almost any drive less than 8 years old :-). >> Summary: everything just works, but the lowest layer is too verbose and >> the highest layer (newfs) is too smart. > >If it just worked, we wouldn't get so many complaints about geometry >problems during installs. I meant low-level everythings, especially for Zip disks. Bruce
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