Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 22:01:18 -0500 (EST) From: "Jason A. Pfeil" <pfeil@cs.fsu.edu> To: David Knapp <dknapp@luciamar.k12.ca.us> Cc: "Jason A. Pfeil" <pfeil@nu.cs.fsu.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation onto LARGE HD (10.1GB) (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9903032155510.24398-100000@xi> In-Reply-To: <36DD60DD.18320737@luciamar.k12.ca.us>
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I apologize for this tone, but I think a more appropriate answer would have been: Since you are new to the FreeBSD system, you might have overlooked this, and point me to the page containing the FAQ instead of "Newbie Response!" Here is what I have a question about regarding the FAQ: <snip> If you want to use the disk with FreeBSD and another operating system, you may be able to do without a disk manager: just make sure the the FreeBSD boot partition and the slice for the other operating system are in the first 1024 cylinders. If you're reasonably careful, a 20 megabyte boot partition should be plenty. <snip> The FreeBSD boot partition is what? The email I wrote before stated that I was starting at cylinder 1, but ended after cylinder 1024. If it's necessary, I can TRY to low-level format the drive, but I have been storing data on it for a few days and need to migrate it to my older drives firt. There is no other option? Why do the boot-loaders have this limitation? I thought that as long as the boot loader and the second stage were within the 1024 cylinder barrier, all was well. On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, David Knapp wrote: > Newbie Response! > > I think this describes your problem > http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ41.html > > hth > > dbk > > > "Jason A. Pfeil" wrote: > > > > Please, can someone get back to me on this? > > > > ---- > > Jason A. Pfeil pfeil@cs.fsu.edu > > Information Systems Developer jpfeil@lsi.fsu.edu > > CASDL (850)644-8014; fax: (850)644-4952 > > Learning Systems Institute University Center C-3527 > > http://idl.fsu.edu Tallahassee, FL 32306-2540 > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 17:37:56 -0500 (EST) > > From: Jason A. Pfeil <pfeil@cs.fsu.edu> > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: Installation onto LARGE HD (10.1GB) (fwd) > > > > ---- > > Jason A. Pfeil pfeil@cs.fsu.edu > > Information Systems Developer jpfeil@lsi.fsu.edu > > CASDL (850)644-8014; fax: (850)644-4952 > > Learning Systems Institute University Center C-3527 > > http://idl.fsu.edu Tallahassee, FL 32306-2540 > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 17:09:00 -0500 > > From: Malartre <malartre@aei.ca> > > To: pfeil@nu.cs.fsu.edu > > Subject: Re: Installation onto LARGE HD (10.1GB) > > > > Jason Pfeil wrote: > > > > > > To Whom it May Concern: > > > > > > I am an avid and very experienced Linux user and would like to try the > > > other kid on the block -- FreeBSD. I have a new drive, but when I try > > > to create BSD slices in a partition whose type I changed to freebsd from > > > within the installation, it tells me that I cannot do that. Here are > > > the results from fdisk /dev/hdc (the HD) under Linux: > > > > > > < -- begin transcript -- > > > > # fdisk /dev/hdc > > > The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 19650. > > > This is larger than 1024, and may cause problems with: > > > 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., LILO) > > > 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs > > > (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK) > > > > > > Command (m for help): p > > > > > > Disk /dev/hdc: 16 heads, 63 sectors, 19650 cylinders > > > Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes > > > > > > Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System > > > /dev/hdc1 1 1 2081 1048792+ 83 Linux > > > native > > > /dev/hdc2 2048 2082 6243 2097648 83 Linux > > > native > > > /dev/hdc3 6144 6244 10405 2097648 83 Linux > > > native > > > /dev/hdc4 10240 10406 19650 4659480 5 Extended > > > > > > Command (m for help): q > > > < -- end transcript -- > > > > > > > I am trying to change the type of partition /dev/hdc1 (linux naming) to > > > freebsd under the freebsd installation and create a slice for swap and a > > > slice for a partition. Unfortunately, I get an error saying that I > > > can't create the partition. LBA is on under the BIOS, and Linux has no > > > problems with the drive. This is the third HD in my system and > > > therefore LILO will not be running off of it so it shouldn't be limited > > > by the BIOS when booting freebsd off of this partition. One option I > > > haven't tried, but was hoping you would have a better solution, was to > > > copy off the data I already have on the drive, do a low-level format to > > > erase everything and see if I can coerce LBA under my BIOS to reduce the > > > cylinder to <= 1024 by increasing the number of heads. Do you have ANY > > > other solution? > > > > > > Thank you for your time. > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > > > Jason A. Pfeil > > Oooops! Wrong address! This is the documentation project. > > E-mail your mail to <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> which will > > (probably) answer your question in less than 48 hours. > > Thank You > > -- > > [Malartre][malartre@aei.ca][French piss me off - Cartman, South Park] > > [The FreeBSD User Guide][http://www.aei.ca/~malartre/freebsd/] > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > David Knapp 805 473-4353 > PC Network Specialist dknapp@luciamar.k12.ca.us > LMUSD "Everyone knew her as Nancy" F.T. > ---- Jason A. Pfeil pfeil@cs.fsu.edu Information Systems Developer jpfeil@lsi.fsu.edu CASDL (850)644-8014; fax: (850)644-4952 Learning Systems Institute University Center C-3527 http://idl.fsu.edu Tallahassee, FL 32306-2540 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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