Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 21:34:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Bryan Batten <BryanBatten@compuserve.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.2.2 Won't Boot Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970911213157.16497L-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199709061922_MC2-1F6B-C018@compuserve.com>
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On Sat, 6 Sep 1997, Bryan Batten wrote: [skipped] > I'm trying to install FreeBSD on the 3rd primary partition on drive 0. The > basic partition layout has been created with Linux's fdisk. My system > currently has Linux, SCO, OS/2, and MSDOS installed and working in the > other primary partitions on both drives. I'm using V Communications' System > Commander as a boot manager. It's not a `primary partition' since we don't use DOS partitions :-), but I see what you mean. Do you know if System Commander can overcome the 500mb limitation? Most BIOSes can't boot any OSs beyond the 500mb limit. You might try starting the boot floppy and specify `wd(0,a)/kernel' to the Boot: prompt and see if you can get FreeBSD to boot. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo
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