Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 08:34:11 +0200 From: Marius Bendiksen <Marius.Bendiksen@scancall.no> To: sos@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bitten 3 times already. Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19981014083411.00923cd0@mail.scancall.no> In-Reply-To: <199810131547.RAA00285@sos.freebsd.dk> References: <3.0.5.32.19981013162954.0091e800@mail.scancall.no>
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>You dont need to run the drive in LBA mode to coexist with DOS or whatever. >Also you dont need to run the drive in LBA mode to use >8G, infact using >LBA has nothing to do with >8G support. >8G support has something to do >with us probing the drive correctly and using it that way. I know I don't need to run the drive in LBA mode, and that LBA has nothing to do with >8G support. I *have* written an IDE driver before, you know. What I fail to recall, is whether harddrives that are already LBA formatted will lose their data if accessed in CHS mode? Otoh, I suppose we've got code to make sure we follow the 'right' layout anyhow.. --- Marius Bendiksen, IT-Trainee, ScanCall AS To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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