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Date:      Tue, 19 May 1998 15:23:48 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        "L. Floyd" <lfloyd@sonic.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Installation doesn't see unused portion of new HD
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980519152315.11841Z-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3560D8B8.55DF025@sonic.net>

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On Mon, 18 May 1998, L. Floyd wrote:

> > Wonder if you need to turn LBA off.
> 
> I wondered that too, but I was concerned with the issue behind keeping
> the root partition within the first 1024 cylinders (I'm looking in
> Lehey's book, 1st edition).  Perhaps that doesn't apply anymore due to
> the advancement of BIOSs?

I dunno.  I think it is related to LBA but haven't done any research on
it, mainly because I consider that much storage for a workstation a waste
of money :)

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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