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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 00:48:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Dang-Ngoc TUYET-TRAM <Dang-Ngoc.Tuyet-Tram@prism.uvsq.fr>
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Subject: Re: enabling bios option "LBA"
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On Sun, 7 Jun 1998, Dang-Ngoc TUYET-TRAM wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have a problem when booting on my computer with my MBR.
> When I choose in the menu (F1 DOS, F2 FreeBSD) choice FreeBSD, I get the error
> Error C:1056>1023 (Bios Limit)
> and then the system hangs.
> 
> Someone in the news (thanks Mike), told me that it was because
> my bios couldn't boot on OS that is above the 1024th cylinder, and that
> I had to enable an option in my bios called LBA.
> I've look for such an option in every menu of the bios, but I couldn't find
> anything matching with this name.
> Is there another name for it ?
> Or is there another method to solve the problem ?

Hm, you're in a tight spot.  If you have DOS on the front end of the disk,
dig the fbsdboot.exe program off the CD and try running that.  fbsdboot
will jump to booting the kernel from DOS, as long as memory management
isn't running.

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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