Email is definitely funny - I sent that last week.
Was it Declan Moriarty who wrote on Friday 13 September 2002 07:53:
> Was it Peter Vogel who wrote on Monday 09 September 2002 01:33:
> > Sorry this is a bit off topic, but I think someone out there could save
> > me a lot of grey hair.
> >
> > I'm trying to configure the BIOS (Award) after installing a new hard
> > disk after one died, and have this problem. It is a 4.3GB drive, and the
> > BIOS incorrectly auto-detects it as 2GB. If I set the BIOS for "User"
> > type and enter the parameters from the drive, the correct size comes up
> > when I do fdisk and format, but then scandisk says the last cluster is
> > unreadable probably because the drive is not set to LBA. However, when
> > I select LBA in the BIOS, it does not allow me to enter my own drive
> > parameters.
> >
> > Any advice?
>
> Set LBA, and never mind what it says. It will come up with something like
> 600 cyls, and 128 or 255 heads. That's fine. You just don't appreciate how
> many lies ide controllers tell.
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