From owner-freebsd-mobile Tue Sep 8 15:06:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA22510 for freebsd-mobile-outgoing; Tue, 8 Sep 1998 15:06:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from localhost.isi.edu ([128.9.161.212]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA22503 for ; Tue, 8 Sep 1998 15:06:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from zappala@cs.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.my.domain (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA00541; Sun, 6 Sep 1998 20:55:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from zappala@localhost.my.domain) Message-Id: <199809070355.UAA00541@localhost.my.domain> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Brian Handy cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Partitioning HD's on a TP In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 04 Sep 1998 14:00:25 MDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 06 Sep 1998 20:55:16 -0700 From: Daniel Zappala Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org You should be able to partition without a problem. I have a 560X with a 4GB hard drive. First 2GB is Windows, second is FreeBSD. I didn't do anything special for this as the BIOS does the translation OK. I think some of the docs you'll find are a little outdated in this respect. Daniel Zappala zappala@cs.uoregon.edu > Hello, > > I'm setting up an IBM TP560X with a relatively gargantuan 6.4GB hard drive > to run Win95 and FreeBSD. > > My plan was to make the Win95 partition 2GB and give the rest to FreeBSD, > but I seem to be bumping up against the "keep all your root partitions > below the 1024 cylinder limit" problem. In the tutorials there is talk of > using an "LBA" mode under some BIOS setups. I haven't been able to locate > this animal in the startup stuff on my Thinkpad. > > Is that because there isn't one, or is that because I haven't found it? > Has anyone found a way around this, or am I going to be adjusting my > partitions? > > > Thanks, > > Brian > > -- > Brian Handy Mail: handy@physics.montana.edu > Department of Physics Phone: (406) 994-6317 > Montana State University Fax: (406) 994-4452 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message