Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 20:02:27 +0100 From: Brian Candler <B.Candler@pobox.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting from large IDE drive, not first partition Message-ID: <19990809200227.A11491@linnet.org> In-Reply-To: <19990809181618.A11386@linnet.org>; from Brian Candler on Mon, Aug 09, 1999 at 06:16:18PM %2B0100 References: <19990809181618.A11386@linnet.org>
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> I have installed 3.2-19990809-STABLE on a workstation with a 13GB hard > drive, which is sliced like this: > > s1 2GB Windows95 FAT16 > s2 6GB Extended (2GB FAT16, rest in reserve) > s3 5GB FreeBSD OK, problem solved - I reinstalled the system with the FreeBSD partition wholly below the 8GB watermark, and it boots fine. Grr, brand new PC with a 20-year-old BIOS, mutter mutter... Regards, Brian. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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