Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 22:35:09 -0800 (PST) From: Burton Sampley <burton@bsampley.vip.best.com> To: John Margaritis <ioannis@widow.aracnet.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IDE drives and FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970312223223.203F@bsampley.vip.best.com> In-Reply-To: <m0w52Kt-0006EhC@widow.aracnet.net>
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If you a SCSI drive and supported controller available, use the SCSI instead of the IDE. SCSI should be faster and is much more reliable than IDE. Burton On Wed, 12 Mar 1997, John Margaritis wrote: > Can FreeBSD be installed on an IDE hard drive that is setup with LBA > goemetry? > > I am a computer technician, and I noticed that in the BIOS setup > (primarily the Award BIOS), it has a message at the bottom saying: > > "Hard drive should be set to 'normal' for UNIX " > > as opposed to large, or LBA, in the HDD setup section. > > Also, I'm considering using my older quantum fireball SCSI HD for > my FBSD system. Are there any advantages to this (performance, > speed)? > > Any help would be appreciated. > > John Margaritis; ioannis@aracnet.net > University of Toronto; Faculty of Arts & Science > b250marg@cquest.utoronto.ca > --- Brought to you by a 100% Micro$oft free system. You too can disinfect your system at http://www.freebsd.org E-Mail: burton@bsampley.vip.best.com Alternate E-Mail: bsampley@haywire.csuhayward.edu Home Page: http://www.best.com/~bsampley (permanently under construction)
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