Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2016 16:07:15 +0100 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bootable freebsd slice's limit Message-ID: <20160327160715.01140c55@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <CAAb0nh1S%2BEQboRWSu6moqhuWJnwosCQ3ozvFYs7_D2M6mi8dAw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAAb0nh0=_tFUoYfULp2j%2B6gXD1g91yciaaODPqmd4XV6sshffQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAAb0nh3H4GMMEqM9uZMwf_Xqi=rP58H8nA4ef5wSnCO3L7CA2g@mail.gmail.com> <CAAb0nh1S%2BEQboRWSu6moqhuWJnwosCQ3ozvFYs7_D2M6mi8dAw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, 27 Mar 2016 22:31:26 +0800 Teng Zhang wrote: > In man fdisk(8), it refers to > "Note that bootable FreeBSD slices (the ``*/*'' file system) must lie > completely within the first 1024 cylinders; if this is not true, > booting may fail." > my confusion is whether this limit is aimed at just i386 > platform or all platforms that freebsd supports. Could you please > tell me the actual condition ? It's nothing to do with the OS, it was a BIOS limitation from a long time ago - well over 10 years.
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