On 2010/10/03 23:18 (GMT-0200) jassenna composed: > I mean the BIOS in the machine I am using (Award, > dated 12/08/1994) has LBA support, with > 1 logical block= 8 sectors. This value seems hardcoded.
Back in 1994 the methodology and terminology for dealing with HDs >512M was nowhere close to anything resembling standardized. It could very well be that a BIOS that age had an additional option besides CHS and besides the 28 bit LBA that served so well until disk sizes reached 128G. Not unlikely that the 1994 "LBA" it has is little like those from 3-4 years later. > I do not know whether this is the case for > newer machines. It's not for anything past around 1996. > I keep LBA disabled, for I partitioned the HD with > 4-sector clusters. Clusters and LBA have nothing directly in common. Partitions are made up only of sectors. It's only subsequent formatting that gives birth to logical clusters, after the act of partitioning is over. LBA is about addressing sectors, regardless how formatting groups them or not. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization is moving to the mainstream and overtaking non-virtualized environment for deploying applications. Does it make network security easier or more difficult to achieve? Read this whitepaper to separate the two and get a better understanding. http://p.sf.net/sfu/hp-phase2-d2d _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
