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Date:      Mon, 22 Jul 1996 21:57:57 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD-current users)
Subject:   Re: bootstrap
Message-ID:  <199607221957.VAA05192@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.PTX.3.91.960721235646.11997v-100000@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> from Veggy Vinny at "Jul 21, 96 11:58:35 pm"

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As Veggy Vinny wrote:

> 	Yeah, probably... :) Does the bootstrap work on an EIDE LBA
> FreeBSD slice in -current? 

You cannot have an ``LBA FreeBSD slice'', only a BIOS using LBA
translation.

I know that our new notebook is setup to use LBA mode in the BIOS and
that it boots FreeBSD ok.  However, my experience with IDE is rather
limited, so i haven't thought about the limitations and constraints.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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