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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: LBA/large/normal: Which one should I choose to install FreeBSD
Date: 31 Oct 1995 00:04:17 +0100
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CHIN-YUAN KUO <d79042@r350.ee.ntu.edu.tw> wrote:
>Dear netters,
>
>     When I configured CMOS for my new hard disk, I found
>it could be LBA, large or normal mode.

Most likely, only `normal'.  Perhaps `large'.  Don't worry, FreeBSD
will be able to access the entire disk anyway, except for the file
/kernel that has to be accessed via BIOS routines.

Most of the FreeBSD developers don't own IDE drives however.
-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
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