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Hardfile Geometry and Actual Size
« on: February 15, 2011, 10:27:25 PM »
I feel like an idiot, and am sure this must have been asked before, but many hours of googling, and reading manuals doesn't seem to be helping me at all.  I have uae and am running on linux.  I guess I have three questions

1. What is the biggest hardfile WB 1.3 (and kickstart 1.3) can support? (for best compatibility)
2. What is the biggest hardfile WB 3.1 (and kickstart 3.1) can support? (for best compatibility)
3. How do I get the whole drive to show up?  I am confused by the disk geometry.

Uae gives me these options when I add a hardfile:
Reserved Blocks:
Surfaces:
Block Size:
Blocks per Track:
Boot Priority:

Some forums explain the size in terms of cylinders, sectors, tracks, and heads, but I don't have any options for these, and I am completely confused about how to make a whole (1 GB for instance) hardfile show up as one partition.
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