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Chapter 3 - System Utilities 3-23
3.5.3
When to Use Extended Translation
Using Fdisk
To install a new disk, or to re-partition an existing disk, use the fdisk DOS utility
as you normally would. The cylinder size increases to 8 MBytes when you enable
extended translation. The size of the partition you request must therefore be a
multiple of 8 MBytes. If you request a partition size that is not a multiple of 8
MBytes, fdisk rounds up to the nearest whole multiple of 8 MBytes.
Questions and Answers About Extended Translation
What happens if I enable extended translation with SCSI drives that are less than
1 GByte in capacity?
Drives handled by the BIOS use extended translation if their formatted capacity is
greater than 1 GByte. Drives with less than 1 GByte of formatted capacity use
standard translation regardless of whether extended translation is enabled.