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From: kientzle@netcom.com
Subject: Large IDE Hard drives with FreeBSD 2.0?
Message-ID: <kientzleD23xyp.64G@netcom.com>
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Date: Sun, 8 Jan 1995 22:18:24 GMT
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After noticing lots of comments about the inherent evils of geometry
translation, is it possible/wise to use large IDE drives with FreeBSD
2.0? My (admittedly poor) understanding of IDE interfaces is that
drives over about 528 megs require geometry translation to be usable.
Or do larger drives do the translation on the drive, transparently
to the system?
- Tim Kientzle