From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 17 08:36:15 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5A0637B401 for ; Sat, 17 May 2003 08:36:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from axl.seasidesoftware.co.za (axl.seasidesoftware.co.za [196.31.7.201]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 817E243F75 for ; Sat, 17 May 2003 08:36:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sheldonh@starjuice.net) Received: from sheldonh by axl.seasidesoftware.co.za with local (Exim 4.12) id 19H3jH-0007GX-00; Sat, 17 May 2003 17:36:11 +0200 Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 17:36:11 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: "Cliff L. Biffle" Message-ID: <20030517153611.GB27368@starjuice.net> Mail-Followup-To: "Cliff L. Biffle" , current@freebsd.org References: <200305170123.24631.cbiffle@safety.net> <20030517153042.GA27368@starjuice.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030517153042.GA27368@starjuice.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: Sheldon Hearn cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.0-R won't boot partition 60G into a drive X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 15:36:15 -0000 On (2003/05/17 17:30), Sheldon Hearn wrote: > For as long as I remember, FreeBSD has had issues booting a kernel > beyond the first 1GB of a disk. Some time last year, changes were made > that allowed for this, but they were backed out because they caused > other problems, and I don't remember them being brought back in. See Alexander's reply involving the use of the disk packet interface, which I completely missed when it was imported, and which looks cool. Ciao, Sheldon.