Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 10:44:34 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "Brandon Fosdick" <bfoz@glue.umd.edu> Cc: "Kent Stewart" <kstewart@3-cities.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dual Boot on a 20GB HDD? Message-ID: <199908221744.KAA06995@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 22 Aug 1999 13:06:05 EDT." <001101beecc0$9f5b7680$63dc0281@umd.edu>
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> > Brandon Fosdick wrote:> > The boot or any part of that section the system can't be located after > > cylinder 1023 as setup by LBA. A lot of people have a small / system > > and everything else comes later. I don't have any multi-boot systems > > but I keep thinking of converting my Micron Millennia to one. It too > > slow for new versions of Windows but it would run command line stuff > > of FreeBSD just fine. > > If I remember correctly cylinder 1023 is at 512MB. On my previous machine I > had FBSD installed in the last GB of an 8.4 GB drive. That worked fine, is > there something else that prevents slices from booting past the 8.4GB point? You remember incorrectly. Why don't you go look at your BIOS settings and work out where the 1024 cylinder mark is for yourself? -- \\ 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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