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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!qns3.qns.com!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news1.erols.com!newsmaster@erols.com From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Logical Block Assignment -- WD 1.2gig drive Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 08:46:01 -0700 Organization: Erols Internet Services Lines: 29 Message-ID: <31A48839.A3@www.play-hookey.com> References: <4nq1nq$f8q@dracula.hybrid.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kenjb05.play-hookey.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Win16; I) Ken Gaugler wrote: > > Am trying to get Linux, FreeBSD and Win95 set up on a new WD 1.2Gig > IDE drive, and running into strange behaviors like "Format wrong in > bad block map sector". > > Someone said I need to look into LBA setup. Anyone know of a good > place to find such information? > I don't know how much this will help, but here goes anyway: I'm using primarily WD 1.2 & 1.6 GB drives in my network, and using the straight numbers instead of LBA; They are working fine. I personally despise Win95 ( and NT 4, since they're moving to the same interface), but I've had to work with it enough to know it's about as forgiving as an Inquisitor, and just about as user-friendly (IMHO). In any case, Win95 always assumes it is to have the whole drive to itself, and takes over everything. Therefore, install Win95 first, and then use fips to shrink down the partition it generated. I know it leaves the clusters too big, but if you re-install it will grab it all again. Once you have limited Win95's space, you can proceed to install the rest of what you want. I hope it helps, and I pity you with Win95, Ken