From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 26 00:26:44 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id AAA16488 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 26 Sep 1997 00:26:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id AAA16483 for ; Fri, 26 Sep 1997 00:26:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) id QAA08136; Fri, 26 Sep 1997 16:56:20 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19970926165620.57248@lemis.com> Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 16:56:20 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: robinh@htsa.hva.nl Cc: Jose Vicente Machado , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question aboute FreeBSD Installation References: <34298785.7F95E58B@tba.com.br> <342A2E41.6C800F54@htsa.hva.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.81e In-Reply-To: <342A2E41.6C800F54@htsa.hva.nl>; from Robin Huiser on Thu, Sep 25, 1997 at 11:26:27AM +0200 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8250 Fax: +61-8-8388-8250 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Fight-Spam-Now: http://www.cauce.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, Sep 25, 1997 at 11:26:27AM +0200, Robin Huiser wrote: > Jose Vicente Machado wrote: > >> Does FreeBSD have any problem with LBA system ? Can I install it with >> Win95 in my HD ? How can I do that ? > > I have had some *BAD* experiences while running Win95 and FreeBSD from > one disk. > FreeBSD can handle a LBA disk, but after booting a few times, BSD > crashes and you must start > all over again. When you run FreeBSD on a dedicated LBA disk, you have > no problems! Please don't make statements like this without being able to back them up. I don't see any situation under which you can get FreeBSD up and running and then it crashes after a few boots. Greg