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Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.hawaii.edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!uunet!paladin.american.edu!news.univie.ac.at!hp4at!mcsun!sun4nl!tuegate.tue.nl!svin09!wzv!gvr.win.tue.nl!guido From: guido@gvr.win.tue.nl (Guido van Rooij) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: [386bsd] (un)translated ide disks Message-ID: <4127@wzv.win.tue.nl> Date: 27 Nov 92 18:40:57 GMT Sender: news@wzv.win.tue.nl Organization: Guido's home 486 box Lines: 15 I read part of the thread on using your disk in translated/untranslated mode. Some time ago someone post a little program that should be run in MS-DOS. It reported your drive parameters, both translated and untranslated. For me, both were the same. (I have a quantum 120AT and a Seagate 3144). Both were translated (I know, because they both have 1 disk while the number of heads reported was more then 2). Also it was said that a lot of disks (all?) have the translation on the disk hardware themselves. So how is it possible to use them in untranslated mode? If it actually speeds up my disks, I would immediately reconfigure my system. Can someone tell me, or point me to an earlier posted article, on how to put things in untranslated mode? Thanks, -Guido