Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 17:08:36 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@hotjobs.com> To: Tugrul <tugrul@ianai.BlackSun.org> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Booting FreeBSD beyond the 1024th cylinder Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901111706530.84303-100000@bright.fx.genx.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990111161839.5183A-100000@ianai.BlackSun.org>
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On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, Tugrul wrote: > > > On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > > have you tried OS-BSbeta? > > > > "No Operating System" for either FreeBSD or Linux beyond the > 1024th cylinder. > > > have you tried the newer boot blocks? i think you can do what you were > > able to do in linux with the freebsd newer blocks. > > > > None of the boot blocks understand what a elf kernel is afaik. Any > tips on loading /boot/loader from a floppy, which then loads the kernel > off wd0s2a? Or is /boot/loader still limited? I don't think both will fit > on a floppy... lately my kernels have gotten smaller but they might grow > in size again. > The booting tools in general need a major update for elf, I wish I > knew how to help :/ You need to do a search on the lists, i've seen the solution to your problem discussed before. Btw, why are you still using other systems besides FreeBSD? I can't think of a good reason... :) -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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