Date: Fri, 16 Jun 1995 01:19:13 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: rashid@haven.ios.com (Rashid Karimov.) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HD Geometry dirty trick Message-ID: <199506151549.BAA00993@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199506151324.JAA24680@haven.ios.com> from "Rashid Karimov." at Jun 15, 95 09:24:35 am
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Rashid Karimov. stands accused of saying: > I've found that using "basic" geometry of 1023/64/32 > for SCSI HD with 1Gb capacity and just adjusting the first > value for other capacities , one can get painless install . This is the geometry that the Ultrastor34F fakes, and I have yet to have any bootstrap problems with this controller; however I haven't tried with any combinations exceeeding 1024 cylinders... > Rashid Datapoint. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" - Terry Lambert [[
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