Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 11:25:28 +0200 From: "dick" <dick@nagual.st> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: who's right? sysinstall or the bios Message-ID: <000901c5a30d$9b3b8a40$b80ba8c0@nagual.st> References: <004101c5a30b$f76e5ce0$b80ba8c0@nagual.st>
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I wrote: <quote> So here's my dilemma: fbsd values: 30401/255/16 gives 238472MB (almost ok) bios values: 65535/255/16 gives 514072MB (totally wrong) Can the bios be so wrong? </quote> The manufactorer stes this on its website: Configuration/Organization Discs/Heads / / / / Bytes per Sector 512 Logical CHS 16383/16/63 Recording Method 16/17 EPRML Contact Start-Stops 50000 SeaShield System No Does this mean I have to change the LBA setting in the bios to something like CHS (16383/16/63) ? If so, I guess it will affect already installed software on the drive too. Or will LBA take care of the "translation from CHS"? A bit worried and waiting for advice before I'll proseed. (that why I use outlookexpress at the moment.. not to my pleasure I must say) _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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