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From: fcawth@squid.umd.edu (Fred Cawthorne)
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Subject: Re: >1024 cyl IDE drive
To: jkh@FreeBSD.org (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 95 13:27:24 EST
Cc: hoppy@appsmiths.com, hackers@FreeBSD.org
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> 
> You're saying that these bootblock-remapping drives fall over kicking
> when you install the boot manager?  Aieee!  I can't say we weren't warned
> about this..  Or does this not have anything to do with the boot block?
> 
> 					Jordan
> 
Ummm... Why can't you just rewrite the MBR with fdisk or something??
I just installed a 1 gig Western Digital drive, and indeed Ontrack Disk
manager does write some stuff into the MBR...  The bios has the real
parameters in it, so I would guess if this boot code wasn't there, you 
could just use the real ones with the usual >1024 cyl. precautions.
I didn't check if the translator thingie was installed on the drive
right out of the package, but I would guess it wasn't.  
If you install a small dos partition, and then try to install FreeBSD, 
then I would imagine it would choke when the MBR is overwritten by the
boot selector... ):
There should be a section in the install notes about these drives..

Fred.