Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 20:27:43 +0200 (MET DST) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers) Subject: Re: fdisk and partition info Message-ID: <199604021827.UAA10603@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199604012004.NAA14051@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Apr 1, 96 01:04:37 pm
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As Terry Lambert wrote: > > However, these numbers are `real', but inaccessible. The SCSI > > protocol doesn't let you enter any of these numbers in a SCSI command. > > That's why you cannot turn off the ``translation''. > > Again, the translation I refer to is that which is done by the BIOS. Again, all SCSI BIOSes must translate, since SCSI is LBA by definition, while the int 0x13 interface is C/H/S by definition. FreeBSD does never translate, since it uses LBA as its API to the driver. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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