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Subject: Re: Stable version of FreeBSD 5.0
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>From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
>To: "Gerald S. Stoller" <gs_stoller@hotmail.com>
>CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
>Subject: Re: Stable version of  FreeBSD 5.0
>Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 16:04:36 -0500
>
>In the last episode (Aug 25), Gerald S. Stoller said:
> >    I have the impression from reading the McGraw Hill book on this 
>version
> > ("The Complete Reference FreeBSD") that the  1024  cylinder limit (in 
>the
> > boot loader) may have gone away with this release.  Is that true, and if
> > so, what is the new limit?  Any other significant changes?  Also, about
> > when is this release due to come out?
>
>The 1024-cylinder limit hasn't been a problem for years.  I believe the
>loader has always supported it, and the boot block has a "packet" mode
     I haven't heard (or read) about this at all (nor has a friend who uses  
Linux ),
where can I find out about the "packet" mode and how to use it.  I'm running
FreeBSD  version 4.3 (also have version 4.7 but I'm not using it much), does 
it
have this "packet" mode?
>you can turn on that lets you boot from partitions that start past the
>1024-cyl limit.
>
>--
>	Dan Nelson
>	dnelson@allantgroup.com

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