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Date:      Wed, 27 Dec 1995 10:49:24 -0600 (CST)
From:      TAL <litteken@txcc.net>
To:        Blair Schmittel <blair@strech.cyber-naut.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: HELP FreeBSD won't boot off of EIDE
Message-ID:  <Pine.SUN.3.91.951227104535.8119A-100000@txcc.net>
In-Reply-To: <199512270239.TAA13615@strech.cyber-naut.com>

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On Tue, 26 Dec 1995, Blair Schmittel wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> I have a 1.6 gig WD HDD and a GSI EIDE controller.
> 
> I installed the drive and the BIOS picked up the 1.6 gig.  The GSI BIOS didn't.  I installed Windows95 on the first 503 meg (It was all dos would see).  And then I installed FreeBSD on the remaining 1+ gig.  I rebooted the computer and it gave me this message:
> 
> Boot:
> Error: c:1024 > 1023 (BIOS limit)
> 

ya the system bios is limited to 1024 cilenders 500 megs is as big as it 
goes with out a new bios, a bios on your eide card to handle it, or an 
overlay file.. i am not sure how it would work for dos and bsd but that 
is what is going on.. ig the GSI card has a built on bios i would RTFM on 
it and set it up..





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