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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!uunet!mcsun!sun4nl!relay.philips.nl!cnplss5!rooij From: rooij@mozart.cft.philips.nl (G. van Rooij) Subject: [386bsd] IDE native geometry, is there a summary? Message-ID: <1992Dec17.154203.28034@cnplss5.cnps.philips.nl> Keywords: 386bsd, ide Sender: news@cnplss5.cnps.philips.nl (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: bashful Organization: Philips Communications & Processing Services, Eindhoven Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 15:42:03 GMT Lines: 12 Some time ago, there was a discussion on the usage of ide disks in native and translated modes. I wondered if someone can post a summary of this. In particalur I want to know the follwoing: I ran the programm posted then that reports the geometry of thje ide disk. This is done twice, one in normal operation and once after resetting the controller. This program reported the same geometries in both modes. Does this mean that I can only use them in translated modes? FYI: the disk are a quantum lpt120 and a seagate st3144a. -Guido