Date: Sat, 28 Jan 95 16:58:33 EST From: fcawth@squid.umd.edu (Fred Cawthorne) To: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) Cc: jkh@FreeBSD.org, hoppy@appsmiths.com, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: >1024 cyl IDE drive Message-ID: <9501282158.AA02296@squid.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <9501281906.AA07476@cs.weber.edu>; from "Terry Lambert" at Jan 28, 95 12:06 pm
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> > Ummm... Why can't you just rewrite the MBR with fdisk or something?? > > > What do you do about the factory installed Windows and other software > on the disk already, that depends on the geometry staying put? > > I guess then we're out of luck... I just noticed a message from someone else about the # of heads getting translated to > 16... I think this is what I ran into as well. A re-install of the dos stuff must be done in this case, I guess. (Or just leave it out completely (: ) Perhaps someone could make the wd driver use translations with >16 heads?? Is it possible to figure out how the bios/MBR extender is translating the disk?? Am I remembering incorrectly, or do some DRIVES actually do this >16 head thing too? About using pre-existing software... Do people usually use some utility to shrink the partition with the pre-installed software, then install FreeBSD?? Also, about the MBR based translation schemes... This will break when people boot a dos floppy and try to use the hard drive, right??? (I'll have to try it on that machine I just put the 1gig drive on...) Fred.
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