Date: Thu, 04 Nov 1999 17:09:19 +0100 From: Roelof Osinga <roelof@nisser.com> To: Alejandro Ramirez <ales@megared.net.mx> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: disk cylinder count wrong Message-ID: <3821AFAF.E1B6A92D@nisser.com> References: <382054E6.67A72B4D@nisser.com> <034901bf2620$68d59520$bdc3fea9@megared.net.mx>
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Alejandro Ramirez wrote: > > You have to use LBA mode. Why would that make a difference (not that I didn't try, I did and it doesn't). Both large and LBA suffice to bring the cylinder count below the 1024 BIOS bottleneck. FreeBSD, however, only seems to see and use the raw configuration. It does not detect the BIOS mode correctly. Be it LBA or large. Roelof -- Home is where the (@) http://eboa.com/ is. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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