I have a 4GB hdd. In the bios I can set it up with three different modes
(see the table below)
Options Size Cyls Head Precomp Landz Sector Mode
2 1979 959 64 0 4091 63
LBA
1 1980 4092 15 65535 4091 63
Normal
3 1980 2046 30 65535 4091 63
Large
In win9X I use the option 2. I plan in the future to use the drive
totally for linux. under the table in the bios it says that some oses
require the use of the Normal mode (like sco-unix). I was wondering if
this applied to linux since they are both un*x.
another question is if I use the wrong setting then can this cause
potential damage to the hdd?
when I boot with the root disk (or cdrom) it reads the drive as a 1888MB.
Why?
and is this appropriate for the drive?
will I have to put two partitions or more on this drive? id so, how
should I arrange then?
thanks for your patience. I have learnt alot from this mailing list.
Matthew
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