Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 22:26:05 +0900 From: Rob <stopspam@users.sourceforge.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: 160 Gb Harddisk: needs extra tweeking? Message-ID: <40CEF8ED.6070207@users.sourceforge.net>
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Hi, I never had such a monster of a big harddisk; hence my question. I've got a 160 Gb Western Digital Harddisk (WD 1600 JB). It comes with a tiny CD-rom, about 8cm in diameter, entitled "Data Lifeguard Tools". I don't know what to do with this CDrom. I am planning to use this harddisk as the only harddisk in my PC and install FreeBSD (preferably version 5-Current) on it. Will I encounter problems? Does it need extra tweeking? The Western Digital homepage says somewhere: "Hard drives larger than 137 GB require a controller card to utilize full drive capacity." What does that mean? Another question. The Western Digital homepage lists this about the harddisk: Data Transfer Rate (Buffer to Host) 100 MB/s (Mode 5 Ultra ATA) 66.6 MB/s (Mode 4 Ultra ATA) 33.3 MB/s (Mode 2 Ultra ATA) 16.6 MB/s (Mode 4 PIO) 16.6 MB/s (Mode 2 multi-word DMA) Do I have to tell this to the kernel somehow, or is this a BIOS thing? Are there good reasons not to choose the fastest option "Mode 5" here? Thanks for help and advice. Rob.
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