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From: Terry Lambert <terry@cs.weber.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: IDE translation mode
Date: 18 May 1995 18:30:02 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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Message-ID: <3pg3na$jdc@park.uvsc.edu>
References: <3pf2k0$61f@pappel.cs.uni-magdeburg.de>
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jesse@csmd.cs.UNI-Magdeburg.DE (Roland Jesse) wrote:
] What do I have to set in the BIOS, when I am using a 1GB E-IDE HD with probably
] 32 heads?
] There is an 'IDE Translation Mode' which may be set to 'Standard CHS',
] 'Logical Block', 'Extended CHS' or 'Auto Detect' (was default).
Unknown. It should be irrelevant for everything but the BIOS boot
block, and there, as long as the geometry is consistant, it should
not matter.
] Then there are the following settings, too:
] 'Multiple sector setting' : 'Disabled', '4 Sectors/Block', '8 Sectors/Block'
] or 'Auto Detect' (again, this as default)
A change in the block size is probably bad; I don't know if BSD will
handle anything but 512 byte blocks (these settings seem to indicate
the use of 2k and 4k blocks, respectively). Is there any software
that will tell you which option "Auto Detect" has selected on your
behalf? It should come with the controller...
] 'Fast Programmed I/O Modes' : 'Disabled' or 'Auto Detect' (def.)
This is probably dependent on the programming interface used. My
gut feeling on this would be "Disabled" to ensure a standard
interface; again, is there anyway to ask the controller which one
it picked for you in "Auto Detect" mode?
] Some time ago I tried to install FreeBSD with the default settings - resulting
] in new installing all other stuff that was on HD, but no FreeBSD ...
Expected (from above).
] Another question:
] Is it possible to create a bootdisk for FreeBSD or may I boot it out of the
] OS/2 - Bootmanager?
BSD will boot from the OS/2 boot manager without problems.
Terry Lambert
terry@cs.weber.edu
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