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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!news.uoknor.edu!ns1.nodak.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!news.clark.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!sgiblab!cs.uoregon.edu!news.uoregon.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Adding a SCSI disk Date: 24 Jan 1994 19:33:58 GMT Organization: Montana State University - Bozeman MT Lines: 26 Message-ID: <2i17r6$n83@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <2i10dk$7qv@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu In article <2i10dk$7qv@news.cs.tu-berlin.de>, Udo Wolter <uwp@cs.tu-berlin.de> wrote: >Hi ! >I get a new disk next week. It's a 1068MB disk. Now I have many >questions: >In the FreeBSD manual is mentioned that FreeBSD can only access >partitions which doesn't have more than 1024MB. Either the notes are wrong or you misread them. The 1024MB limit (or 1024 cylinder limit) is only valid if you are trying to use your disk with multiple operating sytems such as DOS who have the 1024 cylinder limit. (Most SCSI controllers use a translated geometry which fakes the computer into thinking 1 cylinder == 1MB) If you use FreeBSD only or another operating system w/out the 1024 cylinder limitation you should have no problems. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | Freely available *nix clones benefit everyone, nate@cs.montana.edu | so let's not compete with each other, let's work #: (406) 994-4836 | compete with folks who try to tie us down to home #: (406) 586-0579 | proprietary O.S.'s (Microsloth) - Me