Date: Tue, 11 Jul 1995 22:11:24 -0400 From: Thomas David Rivers <ponds!rivers@dg-rtp.dg.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: A problem with disklabel & "use entire disk" on 2.0.5R. Message-ID: <199507120211.WAA05288@lakes>
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I've been meaning to mention this since 2.0.5R was available. I found that (using the standard MBR) and selecting "use entire disk" for my SCSI drive caused problems. Well - the real story is that the installation assumed I didn't want the BIOS translated geometry (as translated by the Adaptec 1542B) - and I went through the entire install using the SCSI geometry... only to find the system wouldn't boot. I *had* to use the translated geometry to get anything to boot. (Probably since the translated geometry came up with something like 395 sectors - or some screwy number like that, certainly not the "17" that DOS, and boot records, are accustomed to...) Now, my question is - does using that geometry cost me anything, particularly speed wise. I had intended on testing this question myself (using iozone) but I can't boot the system in untranslated mode. What's been the experience in this area? - Dave Rivers -
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