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Date:      Mon, 10 Nov 2003 10:13:29 +0200
From:      itetcu@tecnik93.com
To:        Alex Wilkinson <alex.wilkinson@dsto.defence.gov.au>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: fsck: CANNOT SEEK BLK: -1 (after changing the mainboard)
Message-ID:  <1068452009.3faf48a9da638@webmail.tecnik93.com>
In-Reply-To: <20031110013248.GE921@squirm.dsto.defence.gov.au>
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Quoting Alex Wilkinson <alex.wilkinson@dsto.defence.gov.au>:

> 	On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 09:57:00PM +0200, itetcu@tecnik93.com
> wrote:
> 	 
> 	For reference this is what my AWARD BIOS reads:
> 	Capacity 120GB
> 	Access Mode       Auto      CHS       LBA    Large
> 	Cylinder.........57460.....57460....14593.....3830
> 	Head................16........16......255......240
> 	Precomp..............0.........0........0........0
> 	Landing Zone.....57459.....57459.....57459...57459
> 	Sector.............255.......255........63.....255
> 
> Did you have to manually type this or did you use a utility to
> gather this table of info ?

By hand.

It seems to me that some Gigabyte MB (with "extended fetures" like 
SATA or RAID controlers - even when they're not used) report some 
other HDD geometry that the "normal" ones. I'll try today to test this 
if my supplier has got a new MB shipment.

IOnut




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