From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jun 15 08:56:06 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id IAA26603 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 15 Jun 1995 08:56:06 -0700 Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id IAA26594 for ; Thu, 15 Jun 1995 08:56:04 -0700 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id BAA00993; Fri, 16 Jun 1995 01:19:13 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199506151549.BAA00993@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: HD Geometry dirty trick To: rashid@haven.ios.com (Rashid Karimov.) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 1995 01:19:13 +0930 (CST) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199506151324.JAA24680@haven.ios.com> from "Rashid Karimov." at Jun 15, 95 09:24:35 am Content-Type: text Content-Length: 821 Sender: hackers-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Rashid Karimov. stands accused of saying: > I've found that using "basic" geometry of 1023/64/32 > for SCSI HD with 1Gb capacity and just adjusting the first > value for other capacities , one can get painless install . This is the geometry that the Ultrastor34F fakes, and I have yet to have any bootstrap problems with this controller; however I haven't tried with any combinations exceeeding 1024 cylinders... > Rashid Datapoint. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" - Terry Lambert [[