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Date:      Tue, 18 Aug 1998 15:19:34 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Jeff Z. Chi" <zchi@hal.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 3.0
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808181518570.19286-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <35D9BCE0.47D0AD5@hal.com>

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On Tue, 18 Aug 1998, Jeff Z. Chi wrote:

> I know FreeBSD 2.2 cannot handle EIDE drives greater than 500 MB.
> As instructed in the book, we have to partition it into 2 boot
> partitions, one for win and one for FreeBSD.

That is a limitation of your system BIOS, not FreBSD.

> I am wonder if the upcoming FreeBSD 3.0 still has that problem.  

On your system, yes.

> Frankly, it is quite not friendly.

Complain to your computer manufacturer.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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