Hi,

as some Mobos (or their Bios) are used to have problems with some 
harddrives it is always a good idea to check the homepages of the 
manufacturers. To my experience when a combination works with 
one OS must not mean it will work with other Os too.

You have experiment.

mike

On 7 Feb 00, at 19:17, Giles Lean wrote:

> 
> On Mon, 7 Feb 2000 12:46:11 +0900 (JST)  Henry Nelson wrote:
> 
> > Before installing NetBSD should I have the BIOS automatically detect
> > (not always an option), set it according to LBA, or set it as I have
> > in the past by entering the C/H/S values, i.e., NORMAL mode?
> 
> Whatever works?  I know that's not what you want to hear, but there
> are such a variety of #$!$!@#$ awful BIOSes out there that there is no
> one right way.
> 
> I have one machine that autodetects a disk just fine ... but won't
> boot from it unless I set the *same* parameters manually.  Go figure.
> 
> For what it is worth I try to use autodetection where possible, then
> LBA, then NORMAL mode.
> 
> Remember PC hardware is fast and cheap.  The corollary is that it is
> nasty. :-(
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Giles
>