Newb Question About "LBA"

Xian ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org
Wed Feb 16 00:12:25 UTC 2005


Short for logical block addressing, a method used with SCSI and IDE disk
drives to translate the cylinder, head, and sector specifications of the
drive into addresses that can be used by an enhanced BIOS. 

Ref: 'Logical Block Addressing'
(http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/bios/modesLBA-c.html)


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Xian




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