From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Sep 8 19:47:51 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id TAA19191 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 8 Sep 1996 19:47:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts8-line9.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.73]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA19178 for ; Sun, 8 Sep 1996 19:47:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id TAA00246; Sun, 8 Sep 1996 19:47:56 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 19:47:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Chris Edstrom cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot-up problem In-Reply-To: <3231F9C9.39C8@earthlink.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 7 Sep 1996, Chris Edstrom wrote: > I installed FreeBSD on my computer (486dx2/66, 8megs ram), > and when I try to boot up I get the error "partion is out of reach > from the bios." What does that mean, and is there a way around it? Apparently you have installed your FreeBSD slice so that it is above the 1024 cylinder limit. This is not good. If you can, try to get the root partition below the 1024 cylinder mark, perhaps by installing a slice with just root at the beginning of the disk and the rest of the slice at the back of the disk. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major