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From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert)
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Subject: Re: >1024 cyl IDE drive
To: fcawth@squid.umd.edu (Fred Cawthorne)
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 95 12:06:55 MST
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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..


What do you do about the factory installed Windows and other software
on the disk already, that depends on the geometry staying put?


					Terry Lambert
					terry@cs.weber.edu
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