Re: Hard drive limit?

"iforone" <floydstestemail@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:1152980625.559163.178380@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:


***** charles wrote:

I suspect different translation parameters (LBA) between HDD Manu and
their utilities -- on any drives newer, than say oh, ~1999, one
shouldn't need to enter the CHS in the BIOS, as these newer drives use
ZonedBit recording and LBA to address the locations/regions/tracks.
Therefore the AUTO setting (in the BIOS) should suffice for most every
drive (as long as the drive's *jumpers* are set correctly), as it's
onboard Controller will communicate that info to the BIOS.

Just my .02 ;-)



The *only* downside to that is a bit longer on boot while the bios ID's
the drive - can be quite a few seconds as opposed to immediate if the
CHS are entered.


Regards





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