From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 25 21:15:08 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE27116A400 for ; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 21:15:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout2.cac.washington.edu (mxout2.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD8FC13C448 for ; Sun, 25 Mar 2007 21:15:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.7] (may be forged)) by mxout2.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l2PLF8gQ005831 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sun, 25 Mar 2007 14:15:08 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.10.45] (c-67-187-172-183.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [67.187.172.183]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l2PLF7wo017757 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sun, 25 Mar 2007 14:15:07 -0700 Message-ID: <4607D579.6050705@u.washington.edu> Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:15:21 +0000 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070325) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4606E08F.9070707@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <4606E08F.9070707@yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.0.289146, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.0.283055, Antispam-Data: 2007.3.25.140434 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=XIII, Probability=13%, Report='DATE_IN_FUTURE_12_24 1.3, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Cc: chrishiker@yahoo.com Subject: Re: Installing on large disk X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 21:15:08 -0000 John C Nolen wrote: > I have a 40 GB hard disk that was made in 2001 with windows xp > installed on a 20 GB partition. BIOS setup says 19158 cylinders, 16 > heads and 255 sectors. > I want to install freeBSD on the second 20 GB partition. All the > instructions seem to refer to small disks, as they appear to require > cylinders less than 1023. > Sysinstall appears to require cylinders less than 1023. Did I miss > something? > Is it possible to install BSD as a dual operating system with windows > xp on a disk larger than 8 GB ? > Am I trying to do something impossible? > Should I just ignore warnings and type in 1023 when asked about > cylinders? > If I uninstall the windows xp can I put freeBSD on one big 40GB > partition? > I could not find any information on this in handbook or FAQ. Yes, just ignore the cylinder warnings.. Interesting thing is that I never got those and I have installed FBSD on multiple 80GB disks :). -Garrett