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From: Brian Candler <B.Candler@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Booting from large IDE drive, not first partition
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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.


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