Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 07:49:34 +0100 (GMT/BST)
From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 12 Gig drive: Phantom Hibernation Zone
>
> Where is the hibernation zone for
> 12 Gig drives?
>
> Some say it's at the 8 Gig area around
> cylinders 1015-1023.
>
> Some say it's going to be at the
> end of the 11.5 Gig area.
>
> Some say it doesn't matter because
> the BIOS will not hibernate on your
> data.
>
> Some say if you dont select the right
> partition area, hibernation will
> overwrite your data.
>
> Where is the real hibernation area?
> How large is it?
>
> Does anyone know the real answer?
> or are able to discuss why they think
> they have the right answer?
I don't have a 12G drive yet, so I can't give you a definitive
answer. (any suggestions for where to get one at a good price?)
However I can tell you how to get the answer. You need to install
the drive in your libretto, boot off floppy using your install
floppy, and create as large a partition as you can. You then
reboot using a unix (linux or BSD work fine) or other more advanced
operating system, and it can tell you exactly what part of the
disk was left for hibernation.
This was the technique I used when re-installing on my 4GB drive.
My guess is that it will leave sufficient cylinders free at the
end of the disk to provide a space not less than 64MB (or whatever
your maximum memory is - for my 100CT it is 64MB). It is all
done by having the Libretto bios lie about the real drive
capacity, so if you don't have a libretto install disk, any dos
boot floppy should do.
You should only need to worry about it if you plan to do the rest of
the install external to the libretto. If you do the install entirely
in the libretto, is should all be transparent.
Regards,
DigbyT
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Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk
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