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Date:      Thu, 13 Jan 2005 10:01:23 -0500 (EST)
From:      Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
To:        conover@rahul.net
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FBSD boot loader?
Message-ID:  <200501131501.j0DF1NC28981@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20050113090242.1784.qmail@rahul.net> from "John Conover" at Jan 13, 2005 09:02:42 AM

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> 
> Is there a 1024 cylinder limit on the first slice for a dual boot
> PC system using the FBSD boot loader?
> 
> I presume there is, but I couldn't find it in the handbook. Maybe I
> missed it.
> 

Not if you have a reasonably recent BIOS.
FreeBSD can handle it just fine as long as the BIOS can deal with
it to get started.

This is a question handled often and I believe there is a FAQ on it
that can explain it much better than I can.

////jerry

>         Thanks,
> 
>         John
> 
> -- 
> 
> John Conover, conover@rahul.net, http://www.johncon.com/



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