Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 09:24:15 GMT From: bart.lateur@skynet.be (Bart Lateur) To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: better bootloaders? Message-ID: <3902c88c.9940216@relay.skynet.be> In-Reply-To: <200004200734.JAA00777@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de> References: <200004200734.JAA00777@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
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On Thu, 20 Apr 2000 09:34:56 +0200 (CEST), Christoph Kukulies wrote: >Correct me if I'm wrong but given you have a 20 GB IDE disk with >one half (the first half ) with a Win98 installed then there is no way >with the present FreeBSD install disk set to boot a FreeBSD partition >(installation) that is installed on the second half of that hard disk. I'm pretty damn sure this is the same thing being asked here several times a week: Your BSD root partition must be inside the first 1024 cylinders of the IDE disk on most (?) systems. It's a BIOS restriction, i.e. before FreeBSD can even try to boot. The second half of a 20 GB disk sounds like it's too far in the back of the disk. The approach I would recommend, is split the Windows partition into two parts: a first smaller part, (primary partition), for booting purposes, containing (mainly) the system, including the Windows directory. Next, the FreeBSD partition; and finally another Windows partition, up to the end of the disk. This would make a separate logical disk, from Windows' point of view, where the user can store their data. HTH, Bart. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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