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Date:      Tue, 22 Aug 1995 17:06:44 +0930 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        killam@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu (Jason Killam)
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Please help me
Message-ID:  <199508220736.RAA26105@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <199508220632.XAA07142@freefall.FreeBSD.org> from "Jason Killam" at Aug 21, 95 08:31:59 pm

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Jason Killam stands accused of saying:
> been getting this error, any idea what it means or how to fix it


> partition is out of reach from bios
> can't find /kernel
> 
> if there is any information you need pls email me =)

Your root partition extends beyond the 500M mark on your IDE disk.  
The BIOS can't access beyond that point, so it's impossible to load the
kernel from such a filesystem.

> I have been spending the past 3 days trying to install it
> and help would be greatly appreciated

IIRC this is covered in the installation notes.

> Jason Killam

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