Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 21:15:43 -0700 From: "L. Floyd" <lfloyd@sonic.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Compatibility with Ultra IDE drives? Message-ID: <3563AA6F.65B552D6@sonic.net>
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It seems like the Ultra IDE format is becoming standard with IDE drives. How does FreeBSD 2.2.5 work with Ultra IDE? Will I need to use logical block addressing to keep the FreeBSD boot sector within the first 1024 cylinders? (I'll be sharing this drive with Win95 and expect to have Win95 occupy the disk well beyond the "physical" 1024 cylinder.) Does FreeBSD know how to deal with Ultra DMA? The reason I ask is that I couldn't get FreeBSD to install properly on a Maxtor 4.3 gbyte Ultra IDE disk. I have since returned that disk for a refund (albeit with a steep "restocking" fee). I'm planning on getting a Western Digital Drive of the same size, but it will likely be Ultra IDE as well. I just want to make sure I'm not heading down the same road again. Thanks for any suggestions, - Larry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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