Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 19:10:56 -0500 From: "Doug Reynolds" <mav@wastegate.net> To: "Jeff Jeter" <gsfgf_fbdq@hotmail.com>, "Marco Radzinschi" <marco@radzinschi.com> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "tdv94ped@cs.umu.se" <tdv94ped@cs.umu.se> Subject: Re: HDD > 8.4 GB Message-ID: <20020327001621.524354844F@wastegate.net> In-Reply-To: <20020325011633.U85423-100000@mail.radzinschi.com>
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On Mon, 25 Mar 2002 01:41:54 -0500 (EST), Marco Radzinschi wrote: > >Well, the root partition holds the kernel, so this has to be in the first >8.4 GB of the disk. > >Otherwise, unless the BIOS supports it, the boot loader will not be able >to load the kernel. Once the kernel is loaded, however, it will no longer >use the BIOS to access the disk. > >I know that the FreeBSD boot loader can boot past the 8.4 GB boundary, but >unless I am mistaken, it still uses the BIOS for the initial boot. > >If I am wrong on this, and the boot loader does not use the BIOS to load >the kernel, then one could get away with placing the /boot partition, >instead of the root partition, in the first 8.4 GB of the disk (1024 cyl). > >Perhaps someone more knowledgeable about the FreeBSD boot loader could >clarify this. i know if you DD (dangerously dedicate) a drive, the bios will just boot from the boot sector, like a floppy drive. the guy sounds like he is going to use the PC for a server or something, so that is probably the way to go, unless he is running another OS on the computer. --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net PGP Public Key Fingerprint: 7FEC 10AA 056B F8DE AC1E 6965 FBBE 9601 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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