From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Jan 22 03:30:18 1996 Return-Path: owner-bugs Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id DAA02807 for bugs-outgoing; Mon, 22 Jan 1996 03:30:18 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id DAA02783 Mon, 22 Jan 1996 03:30:13 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 03:30:13 -0800 (PST) Resent-Message-Id: <199601221130.DAA02783@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: gnats (GNATS Management) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats@freefall.FreeBSD.org, muir@idiom.com Received: from idiom.com (idiom.com [140.174.82.4]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id DAA02393 for ; Mon, 22 Jan 1996 03:28:50 -0800 (PST) Received: (from muir@localhost) by idiom.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id DAA00988; Mon, 22 Jan 1996 03:28:50 -0800 Message-Id: <199601221128.DAA00988@idiom.com> Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 03:28:50 -0800 From: David Muir Sharnoff Reply-To: muir@idiom.com To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.2 Subject: conf/963: Using the whole disk can end unbootable Sender: owner-bugs@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >Number: 963 >Category: conf >Synopsis: Using the whole disk can end unbootable >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Jan 22 03:30:11 PST 1996 >Last-Modified: >Originator: David Muir Sharnoff >Organization: Idiom Consulting >Release: FreeBSD 2.1-RELEASE i386 >Environment: Use a disk with > 2000 cylindars. >Description: The boot selector complains about having more than 2000 cylindars and you're hosed. >How-To-Repeat: Tell the Jordan's nice install program to use the whole thing and not to worry about DOS. Then tell it to install the nice F1, F2, etc. boot selector. >Fix: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: