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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!204.191.213.61!ott.istar!istar.net!tor.istar!east.istar!news1.istar.ca!news From: sames@magi.com (steve ames) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: LBA and Disk Geometry Date: 3 Dec 1996 01:50:33 GMT Organization: iSTAR Internet Incorporated Lines: 16 Message-ID: <580119$hio@news.istar.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: ts11-11.ott.istar.ca X-Newsreader: NeoLogic News for OS/2 [version: 4.2] I have an un-installed copy of FreeBSD (on CD)I obtained some months ago. At that time there was little support for ATAPI CD ROM's, and I didn't have to dough to go out and buy SCSI stuff. Now I'm going to try again, and if I can manage it FreeBSD will be installed in its own box in case I mess up big time. I've been studying the FAQ and see that using LBA is not recommended. Is that still relevant, that is, using LBA from the motherboard's BIOS? Will FreeBSD see behind the BIOS? Will this give me additional install headaches, if I use LBA? A Linux guy I know says that LBA doesn't trouble Linux. - Please, no flames :-) Steve Ames sames@magi.com