Re: Hard Disc linking
- From: "Rod Speed" <rod_speed@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 11:28:33 +1000
Folkert Rienstra <see_reply-to@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "Arno Wagner" <me@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:3ksdbhF103jhpU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Previously nospam <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Thanks everyone
>>
>>> Why would you want/need to have a cylinder limit?
>
> What cylinder limit.
> Any drive over 8GB has a cylinder limit by default.
Wrong when LBA is used.
>> Simple: For software that was designed to stop working
>> when a certain number of cylinders is exceeded. Some say
>> this is simply lack of vision, but I strongly suspect
>> that doing this type of coding in a mainboard BIOS
>> serves to force the customer to buy new hardware.
>>
>>> Is it a hardware issue or an OS issue.
>>
>> Purely software, but might force you to buy new hardware.
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