Messages in this thread | | | From | John Bradford <> | Subject | Re: Tyan 2466, 2468 BIOS setting | Date | Wed, 27 Nov 2002 19:31:15 +0000 (GMT) |
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> In a number of boards with Phoenix BIOS including > the Tyan S2466 and S2468, there is a setting in the BIOS > for "Large Disk Access Mode", the available settings are > "DOS" and "Other". Tyan docs suggest selecting "other". > > These boards use the AMD 760MPX chipset. (dmesg output is below). > My question...is anyone aware of (1) does the kernel look > at this BIOS option at all, and if so (2) could having > it set to DOS instead of Other lead to any > data corruption?
The option almost certainly changes the translated geometry presented to the OS via the BIOS.
The only times this is likely to be an issue with Linux is:
1. Installing bootloaders 2. Editing the partition table with FDISK
For more information, have a look at:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Large-Disk-HOWTO.html
specifically:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Large-Disk-HOWTO-9.html
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