Date: 26 Feb 2000 19:36:13 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to install from CD-ROM worth $49. Message-ID: <rd64savcwhu.fsf@world.std.com> In-Reply-To: "Crist J. Clark"'s message of Sat, 26 Feb 2000 18:59:11 -0500 References: <20000226223251.3309.qmail@web1603.mail.yahoo.com> <20000226185911.G24331@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
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"Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> writes: > Most likely, the BIOS does not recognize all 20.2 GB and then lies to > the kernel about the disks. > > You might consider a BIOS upgrade. Another workaround is to make a > slice (MSDOS partition) that is <=8 GB at the start of the disk to > boot from. In case Crist wasn't clear: that does not mean installing MSDOS on that initial bit of disk. It means that you make what MSDOS *calls* a partition (but which FreeBSD calls a "slice") out of that initial bit of disk, making a separate one out of the rest of the disk, and you put the root partition of your FreeBSD installation on the first slice. - Lowell To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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