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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