Re: 8 GB limit on cfdisk?
On: 17 Jun 1998 23:17:51 +0900 Yamamoto Hirotaka writes:
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> "Mark H. Mabry" <mmabry@avici.com> writes:
Martin> Are you using the setting LBA in the BIOS? I think I do and I
Martin> have a 8.5GB disk with heads 255 sectors 63 and cylinders
Martin> 784. Those are not near any 1024 limit.
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>> Yes, LBA is enabled in the BIOS.
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> I know I'm asking a silly question, but what on earth is LBA?? How
> and why does it harm large disks?
LBA is linear block addressing and means that the BIOS no longer use
the ancient Cylinder/Sector/Head addressing scheme. It does not harm
large disks but it neccessary for using them as the older way of
addressing is limited to 8GB, IIRC.
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