Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 10:25:53 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "Aaron D. Gifford" <agifford@infowest.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Boot from a floppy? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970217102420.6933G-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19970214161203.006942f4@infowest.com>
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On Fri, 14 Feb 1997, Aaron D. Gifford wrote: > Is there any easy way to create a boot floppy to permit me to boot to a > partition on my SCSI HD where the cylinder > 1024? What about after I > compile a new kernel? Can I create a new floppy with the custom kernel? If you're having trouble with this, it's a PC BIOS limitation. You might try something like System Commander or Partition Magic that has a pretty in-depth boot manager, which might be able to read the disk directly instead of using the BIOS services. You might try upgrading your BIOS, if possible. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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