Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 11 May 1999 17:46:14 -0700 (PDT) | From | Dan Hollis <> | Subject | RE: The WHY's (RE: ide drive w/dma ... system crash) |
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On Wed, 12 May 1999, Guest section DW wrote: > Another BIOS returns 33483/16/63. Is this part of the standard too? > When does it return 16383/16/63 and when does it return larger Cylinders? > Which BIOS returns 33483/16/63 for a disk that has 19650*16*63 = 19807200 sectors?
None. I was saying that some BIOS return 16383/16/63 for a disk, while other BIOS return much larger CHS. For the same drive.
> Very rough translation: large drives shall not reveal that they are large > by their geometry parameters. If the number of sectors is at least > 16383*16*63 then the disk must report C=16383. > Usually the report will be 16383/16/63 but one also finds other values, > especially 16383/15/63.
So why would it report 33483/16/63 then. (Award BIOS)
-Dan
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