From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 25 20:50:33 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F00B816A403 for ; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:50:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chrishiker@yahoo.com) Received: from vms046pub.verizon.net (vms046pub.verizon.net [206.46.252.46]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5D4D13C44C for ; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:50:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chrishiker@yahoo.com) Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([71.178.242.165]) by vms046.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPA id <0JFH00DAX8K3LPY0@vms046.mailsrvcs.net> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 15:50:29 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 16:50:23 -0400 From: John C Nolen To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <4606E08F.9070707@yahoo.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:58:57 +0000 Subject: Installing on large disk X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:50:34 -0000 I have a 40 GB hard disk that was made in 2001 with windows xp installed on a 20 GB partition. BIOS setup says 19158 cylinders, 16 heads and 255 sectors. I want to install freeBSD on the second 20 GB partition. All the instructions seem to refer to small disks, as they appear to require cylinders less than 1023. Sysinstall appears to require cylinders less than 1023. Did I miss something? Is it possible to install BSD as a dual operating system with windows xp on a disk larger than 8 GB ? Am I trying to do something impossible? Should I just ignore warnings and type in 1023 when asked about cylinders? If I uninstall the windows xp can I put freeBSD on one big 40GB partition? I could not find any information on this in handbook or FAQ.