Date: Tue, 06 Aug 1996 11:43:44 -0400 From: Gary Chrysler <tcg@ime.net> To: James Raynard <fqueries@jraynard.demon.co.uk> Cc: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Panic mounting root Message-ID: <32076830.378F@ime.net> References: <199608051810.SAA02267@jraynard.demon.co.uk>
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James Raynard wrote: > > > > Not to start a war! I know some dissagree! > > > > > > But bootable partitions *must* be under cylinder 1024. (504M) > > > This is a limitation of the PC System BIOS boot code! > > > > I think this refers only to IDE/EIDE drives. I have a 2.1G Conner > > fast scsi 2 installed as a second hard drive on an Adaptec 1542CF, > > and FreeBSD is running in the *last* 660 mb. on that drive (booting > > from the OS/2 boot manager). > > The 504MB limit is what 1024 cylinders works out at for IDE drives. > > For SCSI drives, it works out at either 1024MB or 4096MB, depending > on whether you have "extended translation" (aka "support for DOS > drives >1GB") disabled or enabled. James, Thank you! I needed that.. :) (Sheepishly admitting my lack of SCSI knowledge) -Enjoy Gary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Improve America's Knowledge... Share yours The Borg... Where minds meet (207) 929-3848
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