The Worlds Longest Thread!

[Ouroboros]

#300

[intruder]

oooo man man man.....i thought that ..this thread will make replies...about 20 or 30 but this is really going for 300 and mine is 301....this is really going to be the longes thread...

hey let me know what it the target...set.....hahaha...

intruder...

[pooja]

Originally posted by intruder
hey let me know what it the target...set.....hahaha...

intruder...

I guess its around 1000, rather 1001, to make it the worlds longest thread.

[magic1]

is it a price for the last post here ?????????????


HAPPY NEW YEAR

GEZUAR VITIN E RI

[D.J.]

wow! it's looking good at over 300! lets keep it up there and it
might become the world's longest thread!! Later.

[lostit44]

just a post to keep this going. smile and the world smiles with you, cry and you cry alone.

[Ennis]

We need to beat like 13000 to get the worlds longest thread hehe so get posting!

[VictorKaum]

Here some usefull information
Many times there is a question like how to install large disk? Or my HDD doesn't work... so here's some nfo on the item.

I made it easy for myself, why type some nfo if it already exists?
This is taken from the readme file for the Seagate DiscWizard. Modified by Victorkaum for AO.

BIOS LIMITATIONS
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Included here are brief explanations of a number of drive capacity
limitations that exist in the computer industry. The use of Disk Manager and its Dynamic Drive Overlay offers a solution to each of these problems.

*** 528 MB Limitation ***

Using the traditional IDE interface limits the system to a maximum drive capacity of 528 MB. The cause of this limitation is Int 13h (BIOS) and IDE field sizes for the CHS (Cylinder, Head, and Sector) entries.

Because the system must perform a translation between the CHS parameters recognized by the drive and those established in the Int 13h code, parameters are limited to the smaller of the field sizes allowed for each parameter by the BIOS and the IDE register set. The chart below displays the BIOS, IDE, and limiting field size.

BIOS IDE Limit
Sectors per Track 63 255 63
Number of Heads 255 16 16
Number of Cylinders 1024 65536 1024
------ -------- ------
Maximum Capacity 8.4 GB 136.9 GB 528 MB

The maximum system drive capacity in a combined BIOS/IDE setup is determined by the limiting field size -- 528 MB.
Currently, computers are being shipped with a BIOS that implements Extended Int 13h or "Logical Block Addressing" (LBA), both of which are solutions to the 528 MB limitation.

*** 4096 Cylinder (2.1 GB) Limitation ***

Some computers have a BIOS that does not properly deal with the "13th bit". The 13th bit is needed to provide support for a drive having 4096 or more cylinders. The chart below displays the corresponding cylinder values in decimal, hex, and binary values.

DECIMAL HEX BINARY SIZE
1023 = 3FF = 10 bits = 528 MB
2047 = 7FF = 11 bits = 1.0 GB
4095 = FFF = 12 bits = 2.1 GB
8191 = 1FFF = 13 bits = 4.2 GB
16383 = 3FFF = 14 bits = 8.4 GB

If you have added a new drive and your system locks up at boot time (right after turning power on) or during System Setup, there may be several causes. Verify that the data cable is properly attached to your drive, pin 1 is correct, and the cable is not installed off a row of pins.

If your new drive is larger than 2.1GB and your System Setup (CMOS) is set to "AUTO", you may have a BIOS with a 4096 or greater cylinder limitation. In this case, power off your system, remove your new drive, and follow the instructions that DiscWizard provides. When configuring System Setup (CMOS), DO NOT USE AUTO. Rather, choose one of the following:
- USER DEFINABLE set to 1024 cyls 16 hds 63 sects
- Drive type 1.
Another option is to contact your computer manufacturer to get a BIOS upgrade that will support more than 4096 cylinders.

*** 6322 Cylinder (3.27 GB) Limitation ***

Some computers have a BIOS that does not properly handle a cylinder value over 6322. If you are in the CMOS Setup attempting to set the cylinder value higher than 6322 (for a 3.27 GB+ drive) and your computer hangs, your computer may have a BIOS with this limitation. To by-pass this limitation, you have two options:
- Set the cylinder value to 1024 or less and use Ontrack's Disk
Manager to provide support for the whole drive.
- Contact your computer manufacturer for a BIOS upgrade, if one is available.

*** Invalid BIOS information ***

Some computers have a BIOS that may display invalid information in the CMOS setup. This issue may show up in one of two ways:
- The CMOS will display the drive parameters and capacity correctly. However, it is not translating the drive correctly.
- The CMOS will display invalid drive parameters. However, the BIOS is translating the drive correctly.

To ensure your drive is translated to its full capacity, you will need to check the actual drive size. This can be done when creating partitions on the drive.

*** 8.4 Gigabyte limit ***

If your drive is larger than 8.4 gigabytes, the capacity may exceed the limits of your system BIOS and operating system. Most system BIOS cannot support ATA drives this large. DOS and Windows operating systems limit the drive capacity to 8.4 Gigabytes per physical drive and 2 Gigabytes per partition.
Because of these limitations, a 32-bit file allocation table (FAT32) is required to acheive full capacity of your drive beyond 8.4 Gigabytes. To acheive full capacity of your drive you need a Windows operating system that supports FAT32 and BIOS support for drives greater than 8.4 Gigabytes, from
one of the following:
Third party device driver, such as Disk Manager , or An intelligent ATA Host Adapter, or A system BIOS upgrade.


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Have fun with your large HDD.

[psyk0path]

just one more to add to this thread.

[sandsword2]

Happy New Years, The great thing about this post is that there has not been to much egotism and argueing.