From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 26 16:49:25 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA12960 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 26 Nov 1996 16:49:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA12954 for ; Tue, 26 Nov 1996 16:49:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.3/8.6.12) with SMTP id QAA02951; Tue, 26 Nov 1996 16:51:06 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 16:51:06 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Bill Hilburn cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pre 2.1.5 Installation question In-Reply-To: <3298EABD.4E1C@binary.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 24 Nov 1996, Bill Hilburn wrote: > I have a brand new computer to install FreeBSD 2.1.5 onto and I am > slightly confused. > > Gateway P-5 166 MHz., 32 MB RAM, EIDE 2.0 GB Hard Drive > > This Gateway P-5 166 BIOS does not have a selection for LBA/Normal/Auto > it does not even have an entry for Cyl./HDs/SPT so I am not sure how > or where the 2.0 GB drive is being translated. It is loaded with Win95 > only. > > I have setup a 1.5 GB partition for Win95 and have a 500 MB partition > for FreeBSD > but FreeBSD is not reccognizing the translation. This will most likely fail horribly. You must have a bootable partition below 500mb or so. I assume that FreeBSD is after the 1.5G partition, so it's effectively masked from the BIOS. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major