Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2000 15:04:41 +0200 From: "Mikael Larsson" <u21112218@telia.com> To: "Benjamin M. Manes" <maneben@charlie.cns.iit.edu> Cc: "freebsd" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Mulitple os (windows 2000, Linux and freebsd). Message-ID: <005e01c03128$52d30d70$6aed40d5@hemmabjsuf2ufs> References: <Pine.SGI.4.21.0010080513170.702798-100000@charlie.cns.iit.edu>
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> > questions is that I wrote that freebsd must be installe "above" 8G = on > > the harddisk, is this true? > >=20 > > Mike >=20 > Yep, it is or was. The OS must be installed/booted before the 1024 > cylinder. If it isn't, then the system will simply hault and not boot. = I > believe someone said earlier on here that this was going to be fixed, = but > I really don't remember. You simply need to install it before the > cylinder, so the slice can span over if you wish. Windows/dos have = this > limitation too. >=20 > Ben >=20 Thanks for your ansver Ben. If I put another disk(slave) on my computer, will I be possible to = install freebsd then. Or do I have to increase my windows partion to = less then 8G anyway? Mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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