From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Nov 20 09:06:45 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id JAA19829 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 20 Nov 1995 09:06:45 -0800 Received: from vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk (vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk [130.159.232.158]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id JAA19790 for ; Mon, 20 Nov 1995 09:05:32 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id RAA13219; Mon, 20 Nov 1995 17:01:03 GMT Message-Id: <199511201701.RAA13219@vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk> X-Authentication-Warning: vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: Bruce Evans Subject: Re: Re IDE/eIDE issues cc: freebsd-hackers@freefall.freebsd.org In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 18 Nov 1995 08:36:59 +1100." <199511172136.IAA24331@godzilla.zeta.org.au> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1995 17:01:02 +0000 From: Neil Brendan Clark Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk In message <199511172136.IAA24331@godzilla.zeta.org.au>you write: > >2.0.5: the whole boot partition must be below cylinder 1024 That explains it then. I originally installed a 2.0.5 system, which is now of course updated by a make world. So it wasn't my imagination then! >Please report literal error messages in bug reports, not "something like" >them. I would if I had remembered the exact form of the message... it was a long time ago and I was in a somewhat emotional state at the time ;-) Neil