[KLUG Members] Disk partition

[Bryan-TheBS-Smith]

Jamie McCarthy wrote:
> but from my reading of the manpage, -A1 is default, -a8 is default,
> and -Xwhatever is "seldom necessary" and "can be both needless and
> risky"...

Yes, it can, if you set it to the wrong one.  But I have found it
necessary several times when I use a drive that supports a faster
UltraDMA mode than my ATA controller.

-- TheBS

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