From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 28 04:58:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA28899 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 28 Sep 1998 04:58:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from opera.iinet.net.au (opera.iinet.net.au [203.59.24.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA28885 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 1998 04:58:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fez@bigfoot.com) Received: from bigfoot.com (grunge151.nv.iinet.net.au [203.59.25.151]) by opera.iinet.net.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA06358 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 1998 19:58:22 +0800 Message-ID: <360F7A15.EC8F0389@bigfoot.com> Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 19:59:17 +0800 From: faeton X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation with Drive Overlay (EZ-DRIVE)? References: <360F41F0.E74C1567@bigfoot.com> <360F6D9F.D988767F@airnet.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Kris Kirby wrote: > > Does your machine support Heads settings of 64 or 255? It really is the > BIOS that matters. Put that overlay *back* on and back-up windows. > Anything you do from here out will remove windows. Check to see if your > BIOS supports drives larger than 528 MB. IF not, you'll need the overlay > to run windows. Sadly, this is one of the few setup that is not freebsd > compliant. Unless you put the old HDD in with FreeBSD and BootEasy on > it, I don't think you are going to be able to run both. Sorry. I've > tried to get around these problems with a Packard Bell with a 1G primary > IDE and a 4.3G Maxtor secondary. PB's BIOS required the MaxDrive > overlay, and alas, couldn't run FreeBSD. But it installed so > beautifully... ! Hmm, yes my Acer BIOS can't support the large HDD so it does require the overlay if i want to run windows as well.. Argh! We tease me with a perfect install?! -- < fez at bigfoot dot com > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message