Subject: Re: reformatting IDE drive?
To: None <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
From: Aaron J. Grier <agrier@poofygoof.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 04/03/2001 15:55:39
On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 08:41:29PM +0200, wojtek@wojtek.from.pl wrote:

> is it possible to reformat IDE drive with other sector size (1024
> preferably)?
> 
> it is possible with SCSI giving little space and performance gain.

heh...  Back in 1.4 days, NetBSD couldn't handle 1024 byte sectors on
SCSI disks.  I've got an old maxtor (pulled from a NeXT) that worked
fine under linux, but NetBSD refused to work with.

guess I should try again under 1.5?

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  Aaron J. Grier | "Not your ordinary poofy goof." | agrier@poofygoof.com