Subject: Re: Installing 'big' harddiscs.
To: Laurent DOMISSE <domisse@credm.com>
From: Scott Stevens <s.k.stevens@ic.ac.uk>
List: port-arm32
Date: 06/16/1997 16:51:08
Laurent DOMISSE writes:
> Scott Stevens wrote:
> >
> >
> > Also no. bb_riscbsd has no problems with large disks (AFAIR), as the
> > only thing written by bb_riscbsd is the bootblock (at the very
> > beginning of the disk. There are problems with cylinder offset
> > becoming negative thou'.
> >
>
> Sorry but I can't use UnixFS because my RiscOS partition is bigger
> than 2 Go.
Not until the new version is out.
> bb_riscbsd report a negative offset when running.
> has it been fixed ?
I don't believe so, but AFAIK this is only a problem with the printing
of the number. If you type in the correct cylinder offset here there
should be no problem.
> Laurent DOMISSE
Cheers Scott
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