Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 13:38:18 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: MJS BMXer <MJSBMXer@aol.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fixed lasted problem, new problem has come... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980403133720.10860V-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <84318c1a.352540c3@aol.com>
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On Fri, 3 Apr 1998, MJS BMXer wrote: > I got past the problem where it had the default boot prompt thingie as > 0:wd(o,a)kernel, by changing it to 0:wd(0,a)kernel. But now, after I do that, > it just says this: > Error: C: 366846 > 1023 (BIOS limit) > How do I get past this or fix it? That is not good. Your BIOS doesn't support booting operating systems beyond 500mb or so. I would suggest investing in a new disk specifically for FreeBSD, or rearrange your disk so that FreeBSD's root slice is under cylinder 1024. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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