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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!menudo.uh.edu!uuneo!sugar!peter From: peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Re: Hard disk geometry translation (was V86 mode ...) Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900 Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1993 00:28:53 GMT Message-ID: <CBo9C6.9ED@sugar.NeoSoft.COM> References: <107725@hydra.gatech.EDU> <1993Aug9.224939.19834@fcom.cc.utah.edu> <24cc1hINNo8@kralizec.zeta.org.au> Lines: 15 In article <24cc1hINNo8@kralizec.zeta.org.au> bde@kralizec.zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans) writes: > Linux just uses the translation given by the BIOS. The only problem > with this is is that the translated geometry may not be appropriate > for file system layout optimizations. Worse, you could lose disk space. For example, the translation given by the Compaq BIOS eats between 30 and 60 MB off the drives I use. I'm kind of leary about using translation, then... at least it should be made optional. -- Peter da Silva. <peter@sugar.neosoft.com>. `-_-' Hefur thu fadhmadh ulfinn i dag? 'U` "Det er min ledsager, det er ikke drikkepenge."