From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 26 16:14: 4 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp1.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net (smtp1.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net [206.210.69.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CC80037B404 for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 16:13:56 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 28208 invoked from network); 27 Mar 2002 00:13:55 -0000 Received: from dap-216-151-64-72.nfas.greensburg-tnt-2.sns234.pa.stargate.net (HELO wastegate.net) (216.151.64.72) by smtp1.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net with SMTP; 27 Mar 2002 00:13:55 -0000 Received: from MOTHER (mother.wg.local [192.168.1.2]) by wastegate.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 524354844F; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 19:16:21 -0500 (EST) From: "Doug Reynolds" To: "Jeff Jeter" , "Marco Radzinschi" Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" , "tdv94ped@cs.umu.se" Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 19:10:56 -0500 Reply-To: "Doug Reynolds" X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Professional (2.20.2472) For Windows 2000 (5.1.2600) In-Reply-To: <20020325011633.U85423-100000@mail.radzinschi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: HDD > 8.4 GB Message-Id: <20020327001621.524354844F@wastegate.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 25 Mar 2002 01:41:54 -0500 (EST), Marco Radzinschi wrote: > >Well, the root partition holds the kernel, so this has to be in the first >8.4 GB of the disk. > >Otherwise, unless the BIOS supports it, the boot loader will not be able >to load the kernel. Once the kernel is loaded, however, it will no longer >use the BIOS to access the disk. > >I know that the FreeBSD boot loader can boot past the 8.4 GB boundary, but >unless I am mistaken, it still uses the BIOS for the initial boot. > >If I am wrong on this, and the boot loader does not use the BIOS to load >the kernel, then one could get away with placing the /boot partition, >instead of the root partition, in the first 8.4 GB of the disk (1024 cyl). > >Perhaps someone more knowledgeable about the FreeBSD boot loader could >clarify this. i know if you DD (dangerously dedicate) a drive, the bios will just boot from the boot sector, like a floppy drive. the guy sounds like he is going to use the PC for a server or something, so that is probably the way to go, unless he is running another OS on the computer. --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net PGP Public Key Fingerprint: 7FEC 10AA 056B F8DE AC1E 6965 FBBE 9601 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message