Re: Fwd: LBA or not LBA
Hi...
LBA can't hurt. It's Linear Block Addressing (am I sure I have that
right?), it basically is a BIOS feature (I think; it might be an IDE
controller feature) that translates a hard disk's normal
Cylinder-Head-Sector three-dimensional addresses to a linear (i.e. block
0, block 1, ...) addressing scheme. This also allows your system to access
much larger disks. (3D addressing was invented well before a 500 MB
harddisk even came into existence..)
Alex
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> Hi All
>
> What setting's have I have to choose
> (for Linux to work fine - of course!)
> in the BIOS for my harddisk?
>
> It ist a 2.1 GB Seagate
>
> a) USER 2.1 .. .. .. .. LBA
> b) USER 2.1 .. .. .. .. NORMAL
>
>
> For Dos, it is LBA - I know...
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> By All
> -am
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