Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 01:04:47 -0400 From: Gary Chrysler <tcg@ime.net> To: Jim Amy <jimamy@io.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD CD Installation Message-ID: <31E5DCEF.3B64@ime.net> References: <31E5B838.1177@io.org>
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Jim Amy wrote: > > Greetings, > > I'm a recent purchaser of the FreeBSD 2.1 from Walnut Creek CD-ROM. It > turns out that installing FreeBSD is far more difficult and involved > than I had anticipated. I have a few questions I hope you can help me > with. > > 1. On page 26 of the Running FreeBSD manual it says I need to jumper my > CD-ROM as a slave device. My CD is the only device on my secondary IDE > (ATAPI) interface and when I jumper it as a slave device the CD-ROM > drivers will not accept a slave without a master. In the process my > CD-ROM drivers defaulted back to real device drivers and I had to reload > Windows 95 to get the CD-ROM as well as my IDE Windows 95 drivers back. > Is it necessary to jumper the CD as a slave device and if so, > how can I do that without also having a master? > I *belive* That you need to put the cd as slave on your primary controller. I *belive* this is only true if you don't have a slave on your primary controller. I don't use ATAPI drives. I'm sure somebody will correct me if I am wrong! These answers should also be in the archives for they have been asked and answered hundreds of times! > 2. The other issue I did not realize when I ordered FreeBSD is the need > to load it in a partition within the first 500 MB of disk space (or 1024 > cylinders). Is this always the case with EIDE drives? I am using a > Western Digital AC31200 1.2MB HD. > Yes, This is a PC limitation not a FreeBSD limitation. This does only apply to the _root_ ("/") partition though! (The boot partition) Create a small root so the whole thing is below 1024, Then create the rest above! I don't personally deal with dual booting, Somebody that does will more then likly reply. -Enjoy Gary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Improve America's Knowledge... Share yours The Borg... Where minds meet (207) 929-3848
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