From - Mon Apr 10 09:01:33 2000
From: paul_dewerk@hp.com
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 13:31:03 -0700
Subject: Hard Drive Documents

Michael, Here are links to the documents I was telling you about. They may refer to specific Phoenix BIOS revisions, but most of the data is common to all hard drives.

Notes on Metric System Measurement Terms Used in PCs http://www.firmware.com/support/bios/metric.htm

Some Technical Info on Hard Drives http://www.firmware.com/support/bios/hdtech.htm

Notes on Math Used in Hard Drive Translation http://www.firmware.com/support/bios/hdmath.htm

Some Notes on LBA http://www.firmware.com/support/bios/lba.htm

Notes on Installing Hard Drives Larger Than 2 Gigabytes http://www.firmware.com/support/bios/over2gb.htm

Issues With Hard Drives Over 4GB http://www.firmware.com/support/bios/over4gb.htm

Issues With Hard Drives Over 8.4 GB http://www.firmware.com/support/bios/over8gb.htm

These and many other docs (a lot pertaining to Phoenix BIOS) can be found at:
PhoenixBIOS 4.0 / Micro Firmware BIOS Upgrade Support Documents http://www.firmware.com/support/bios/index.htm

Paul

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