Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2000 00:33:22 -0800 From: "Jay Krell" <jay.krell@cornell.edu> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: still partition/slice restrictions? Message-ID: <001101bf54fc$0c431d40$8001a8c0@jayk-home3nt>
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http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/install.html#AEN585 Q: Any restrictions on how I divide the disk up? A: Yes. You must make sure that your root partition is below 1024 cylinders so the BIOS can boot the kernel from it. (Note that this is a limitation in the PC's BIOS, not FreeBSD). For a SCSI drive, this will normally imply that the root partition will be in the first 1024MB (or in the first 4096MB if extended translation is turned on - see previous question). For IDE, the corresponding figure is 504MB. -- Is this still true? /usr/src/sys/boot/i386/boot2 uses int13 extensions if they are present. Is that sufficient to break this restriction? Can I just have one large filesystem using up an entire drive? I dislike the fragmentation of partitioning, /var just filled up while /usr has space, and a kernel with symbols doesn't fit in /.. How can I tell if my system has the int13 extensions ("old" Pentium Pro 200..)? - Jay To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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