Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2000 02:24:45 -0800 From: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@nwlink.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: still partition/slice restrictions? Message-ID: <386F276D.93082CA3@nwlink.com> References: <001101bf54fc$0c431d40$8001a8c0@jayk-home3nt>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Jay Krell wrote: > > http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/install.html#AEN585 > > Q: Any restrictions on how I divide the disk up? > > A: Yes. You must make sure that your root partition is below 1024 cylinders > so the BIOS can boot the kernel from it. (Note that this is a limitation in > the PC's BIOS, not FreeBSD). How hard would it be to create a PC BIOS that is oriented toward the BSD or Linux crowd? It seems that with resources freely available such as OSKit it would not be that difficult. I'd like to see a BIOS that has its own lightweight repair shell so you wouldn't need boot floppies in times of trouble. Any ideas? -- Best Regards, Joseph You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. Colette. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?386F276D.93082CA3>