Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 00:29:41 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: kip@lyris.com Cc: John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, "Brandon Hicks-www.gatekeep.net" <freebsd@unreal.gatekeep.net>, Matt White <mwhite@donet.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 3.2 install and large IDE drives Message-ID: <199906210729.AAA09350@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 20 Jun 1999 18:52:24 PDT." <Pine.SOL.4.05.9906201851200.14514-100000@luna>
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> If you disable LBA won't that limit the size of the bootable portion > of the drive to the first 1024 cylinders? Turning LBA on won't allow you to boot from beyond the 1024 cylinder mark either. (Modulo tweaking boot0/boot1) The issue here is simply one of translation; the numbers are all fictitious since none of them represent the actual layout of the drive. -- \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith \\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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