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From: kientzle@netcom.com
Subject: Re: I need help installing 2.0.5 with Ontrack
Message-ID: <kientzleDAL19n.6Ln@netcom.com>
Keywords: ontrack
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References: <3rps45$o6j@acmey.gatech.edu> <DAGq5K.617@citylink.dinoex.sub.org>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1995 16:17:45 GMT
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In article <DAGq5K.617@citylink.dinoex.sub.org>,
Peter Much <peter@citylink.dinoex.sub.org> wrote:
> - The fdisk and disklabel tools of *BSD should now report the drive geo-
> metry with the same values as entered in the mainboard config. If they
> report some strange other values, especially some higher number of
> heads and a lower number of cylinders, then some LBA-mode or Ontrack-
> driver is still active.
Not necessarily (at least not under 2.0R). I had to manually
tell BSD fdisk the correct geometry when I set up my 1gb drive
for DOS (300Mb) and BSD (700Mb+), even though all the CMOS settings
were correct and there was no special driver active. I'm not sure
where BSD fdisk gets its initial geometry ideas from, but it's not
always reliable.
- Tim