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From: j@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: problem with using second ide drive for swap
Date: 13 Aug 1993 20:56:30 +0200
Organization: Textil Computer Design GmbH Dresden, Germany
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References: <RAM.93Aug2215318@xor.epi.wisc.edu> <RAM.93Aug3071303@xor.epi.wisc.edu> <23o28b$ple@Germany.EU.net> <RAM.93Aug5090640@xor.epi.wisc.edu>
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ram@xor.epi.wisc.edu (Ram Bhamidipaty) writes:
>is wrong with the boot blocks? I also suspect that my second drive may
>do geometry translation (its a connor cp3544) and I have not turned it
>off (just faxed connor to ask how) could this have something to do with
>my problems?
Do you have a ms-dog partition table there?
*BSD has problems with translated drives in that case. To get rid off
the translation, you need to activate the ESDI controller's setup
program. This is usually started at location 0xc800:5 (the 0xc800
may vary) with a debugger under msdoze.
If the drive ain't got a partition table, translation is ignored and
does no harm.
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