Date: Wed, 1 May 1996 16:04:37 -0500 From: craigh@bugsoft.com (Craig A. Heilman) To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Q: Install prob. w/ 1 IDE & 1 SCSI drive Message-ID: <v0213050aadad816c9a1e@[205.213.64.30]>
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At 11:25 05/01/96, Doug White wrote: >On Mon, 29 Apr 1996, Craig A. Heilman wrote: [...] >> (3) I assumed that if I installed BootEasy on wd0, then I would initially >> boot off wd0 where BootEasy would take over, give me a choice of OS, then >> boot FreeBSD no matter where it lives! (ie. above the 500MB BIOS limit). >> Is this an incorrect assumption? Will BootEasy work for my situation and >> which drive should it go on? > >BootEasy must go on the first disk, and it does not overcome the DOS >BIOS limitation. OK - BootEasy must go on my first disk (IDE). The question that still remains is "can my FreeBSD root partition reside above the 500MB limit (ie. can I put it on the SCSI drive)?" Or am I always forced to put FreeBSD's root partition below the 500 MB limit? Thanks, Craig -------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Craig A. Heilman Bugaboo Software * * craigh@bugsoft.com Software Engineering & Consulting * * (608) 274-2003 http://www.bugsoft.com/ * --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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