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Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 07:51:11 -0400
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To: Nicolas Blais <nicblais@hotmail.com>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: 1024 Cylinder prob
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Nicolas Blais wrote:
> 
> Hi!  I'm using Windows 98 on my 20Gb HD and is a partition A which is 10GB.
> The other 10GB is for FreeBSD.  Unfortunatly, FreeBSD (5.0-CURRENT) can't
> boot at power on when installed because of the damn BIOS's crappy 1024
> cylinder limit.
> Is there a way around it without having to boot FreeBSD from dos?
> 
> BTW, I using a Microstar K7Pro in case you need this info.
> 
> Thanks,
> Nicolas.

There's always Partiton Magic to do its magic to get the drive where it
needs to be as far as partitoning goes. Some might even say fips, but
I've never used it. I know PM works well and comes highly recommended.
Not bad for a windows/dos app, huh?
-Otter


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