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Date:      Wed, 10 Jan 2001 12:26:43 +0300
From:      "Zaid Dashti" <zaid500@hotmail.com>
To:        KoronkaS@interscope.ro
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: Notebook
Message-ID:  <LAW-F66U3b5SYBeHCEr00001564@hotmail.com>

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You mean i should remove the 3GB of freebsd and i install it again with 8GB 
?

thank's and i'm sorry for disturbing you.


>From: Stefan KORONKA <KoronkaS@interscope.ro>
>To: 'Zaid Dashti' <zaid500@hotmail.com>
>CC: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
>Subject: RE: Notebook
>Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 19:50:48 +0200
>
>[please keep the cc to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, so that
>others can see all the messages]
>
> >
> >
> > There is no error messages, and my HDD is 18 GB. I maked a
> > partition for
> > FreeBSD it's 3GB. 270MB swap partition and other for freebsd
> > partition. but
> > when i press F3 to boot the FreeBSD it doesn't work only F1
> > for Windows.
> >
>
>assuming that you used the last 3GB for FreeBSD, that means that
>you are over the 1024cyl limit.  I think that current version of
>bootloader cannot boot over the 1024 cylinder (this going to
>change in 5.0 ?!).  This is a common problem for all OSes - a
>limitation of the BIOS.
>
>The solution is to make the root partition under the 1024 limit
>(in the first 8GB, i think).
>
>
>Stefan
>
>PS:  you don't have to make a separate partition for swap; see the
>handbook and/or other docs about how partitions/slices/labels are
>organized.  Or just let the FreeBSD do the default in the
>installation process - see the "a - Auto default for all" option
>during disk partitioning.
>
> >
> > >From: Stefan KORONKA <KoronkaS@interscope.ro>
> > >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> > >CC: 'Zaid Dashti' <zaid500@hotmail.com>
> > >Subject: RE: Notebook
> > >Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 17:19:06 +0200
> > >
> > > >
> > > > >When you installed BSD did you choose to install the boot loader?
> > > > Yes i installed it, but when i press F3 to boot the FreeBSD
> > > > it doesn't work.
> > > > and when i press F1 it's work and it take me to windows
> > >
> > >How big is your harddisk ?  Where the FreeBSD's partition starts ?
> > >How may partitions did you make, what type and size ?
> > >Got any error message ?!
> > >[add any other useful info here]
> > >
> > > >
> > > > >>Hi,, I have a Laptop it's Solo 9300. and my question is:
> > > > when i install
> > > > >>the FreeBSD OS i can't boot it, why ? (Note: There is the
> > > > word was writing
> > > > >>on the laptop and the word is. Designed For Microsoft Windows98)

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