Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 10:38:58 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "Brandon Fosdick" <bfoz@glue.umd.edu> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dual Boot on a 20GB HDD? Message-ID: <199908221738.KAA06961@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 22 Aug 1999 12:21:14 EDT." <001701beecba$5c22a880$63dc0281@umd.edu>
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> System: PIII-600 128MB RAM 20GB HDD on an Asus P3B-F mboard > OS's: Win98, FBSD 3.2-R > > I already have two dos slices that take up the first 15GB of the drive so I > tried installing FBSD at the end of the disk. The installation went fine but > it won't boot into FBSD. When I hit F3 at boot-up to select FBSD I get a > console beep and nothing happens. Hitting the F1 key takes it right into > windoze w/o any problems. I've already tried updating the BIOS on the > mboard. Is there a limitation in FBSD (or BootMgr) that prevents booting to > a slice at the 15GB point? This is a BIOS limitation; you can't (easily) boot anything beyond the 1024 cylinder limit. -- \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith \\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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