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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!col.hp.com!csn!carbon!mercury.cair.du.edu!kduling From: kduling@solaris.carl.org (Kevin J. Duling) Subject: Will FreeBSD use >1028 cyls on IDE? Message-ID: <CunJ3r.MJv@du.edu> Sender: news@du.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Carl Corporation X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0] Date: Tue, 16 Aug 1994 23:40:39 GMT Lines: 14 I just bought a Western Digital Caviar 2540 drive (540 Megs). Is FreeBSD going to be able to see all 1048 cylinders, 16 heads, and 63 sectors? Does FreeBSD use BIOS calls or does it talk to the HD controller directly? My BIOS can't handle >1024 cyls. Can I share it with DOS if I put FreeBSD on the second half of the disk? -- #include <std/disclaimer.h> /* The opinions expressed in the preceding message are mine and mine alone. They do not represent those of my employer, my wife, my family, my dog, my friends, or anyone else for that matter. */ Kevin J. Duling \\ WARNING: Scientists are known to cause kduling@carl.org \\ cancer in certain laboratory animals.