Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1996 18:37:51 +0100 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Brian Candler <B.Candler@dial.pipex.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD boot problem Message-ID: <26939.834082671@palmer.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 06 Jun 1996 13:52:08 -0000." <199606061303.OAA10474@typhoon.dial.pipex.net>
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Brian Candler wrote in message ID
<199606061303.OAA10474@typhoon.dial.pipex.net>:
> I disabled the on-board BIOS (changed JP3 from 111 to 000) and FreeBSD
> booted fine - but then Windows 95 didn't!! Might that be because the W95
> partition is the last 500MB of a 1.2GB disk, and hence W95's boot block is
> not in the first 504MB? (The Promise BIOS was able to cope with that,
> though)
> Is this a mess, or what?! :-{
Don't ask me WHY, but it just happens on the Promise EIDE 2300
card(s). No-one has offered a suitable explanation yet, let alone a
reasonable fix (aside from disabling the BIOS). Sorry :(
Gary
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Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member
FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info
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