Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 11:44:55 +0200 From: Barry Irwin <bvi@devco.net> To: g.todd@internet.co.nz Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FW: Re: FreeBSD installation discs Message-ID: <20010308114455.A813@devco.net> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.010308193646.g.todd@internet.co.nz>; from g.todd@internet.co.nz on Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 07:36:46PM %2B1300 References: <XFMail.010308193646.g.todd@internet.co.nz>
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> > Re installing FreeBSD 4.2, I was intending to buy a computer with a large > Disc(30GB) and dual boot Windows Me and FreeBSD. However, after reading > the documentation on the 1024 cylinder boot limitations I am now wondering > whether that is a smart approach. Would it be better to go for a twin HD > disc machine to overcome these problems. e.g. 10Gb for Windows and separate > 20Gb drive for FreeBSD. FreeBSD will be my primary operating system, > Windows for specific non UNIX software. Most new bioses dont suffer from this limitation. In anycase you can always 'hack' round it by having a small / partition at the beginning of the disk from which the kernel can load I'm happily running 2k and BSD on a 20gig drive Barry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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