Date: Mon, 06 Oct 1997 12:41:47 +0200 From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: Mark Ovens <Mark.Ovens@uk.radan.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What's New in 2.2 ?? Message-ID: <3438C06B.292C@barcode.co.il> References: <199710061013.LAA02410@support-5.uk.radan.com>
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Mark Ovens wrote: > > Hi all, > Can anyone tell me what's new in 2.2.x since 2.1.0??. I looked at > the Web site but couldn't find the info. Try http://www.freebsd.org/releases/index.html. It has release notes for all past releases. > > In particular I'm interested to know if support for logical drives > in extended partitions has been implemented yet. If so can someone clarify > the following: > > 1. Can FreeBSD boot from a logical drive in an extended partition > or does it require booting from a primary? Primary only. > > 2. If it requires booting from a primary partition, is it only the > '/' partition that needs to be in the primary partition? Don't know. > > 3. Is the partition FreeBSD boots from constrained by the 1024 > cylinder limit on booting? This depends on your BIOS, not FreeBSD. If your BIOS supports booting from cylinders above 1024, it will be able to boot FreeBSD from there. > > The reason I need this info is that I am shortly to replace my > 2 HDD's with a single, large (3.2Gb), drive and as I run multiple OS's > I could have problems with the PC limit of 4 partitions & the 1024 > cylinder limit for booting. I don't want to upgrade from 2.1.0 unless > the above support has been implemented as I have a stable system at > the moment. 2.1.0 is really ancient. Even if you want to stay on the 2.1 branch, you should probably consider 2.1.7.1. You may also want to consider 2.2.5, if stability is your goal. It should be out in less than a month, and should have most bugs shaken off. > > Any help/advice/info will be greatly appreciated. > > Regards, > > Mark O > > Radan Computational Ltd. |*| > Tel: +44 (0)1225 320320 |*| > Fax: +44 (0)1225 320311 |*| > mailto:marko@uk.radan.com |*| Nadav
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