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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!decwrl!netcomsv!netcom.com!hasty From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) Subject: Re: Hard disk geometry translation (was V86 mode ...) Message-ID: <hastyCBx2nB.L7C@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <24cc1hINNo8@kralizec.zeta.org.au> <CBo9C6.9ED@sugar.neosoft.com> <24gt3e$gg7@klaava.Helsinki.FI> Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1993 18:42:45 GMT Lines: 33 In article <24gt3e$gg7@klaava.Helsinki.FI> torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Torvalds) writes: >In article <CBo9C6.9ED@sugar.neosoft.com> peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva) writes: >>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. > >This is usually not a problem on most systems: almost all BIOSes have a >"type 47" or whatever that allows you to set your geometry to suit your >taste. Linux uses the BIOS values for several reasons: > Hi, Many thanks for sharing with us your experiences and knowledge :-) If you want to make a difference in the 386bsd arena you have to pick a few good hackers and work with them. The NetBSD is quite an open group of hackers as well as the FreeBSD group. BTW: the above remedy is what I did with XS3 for Linux and it works! Good Luck! Amancio -- This message brought to you by the letters X and S and the number 3 Amancio Hasty | Home: (415) 495-3046 | ftp-site depository of all my work: e-mail hasty@netcom.com | sunvis.rtpnc.epa.gov:/pub/386bsd/incoming