From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 22 00:01:19 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id AAA08872 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 22 Aug 1995 00:01:19 -0700 Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id AAA08866 for ; Tue, 22 Aug 1995 00:01:14 -0700 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id RAA26105; Tue, 22 Aug 1995 17:06:44 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199508220736.RAA26105@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Please help me To: killam@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu (Jason Killam) Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 17:06:44 +0930 (CST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199508220632.XAA07142@freefall.FreeBSD.org> from "Jason Killam" at Aug 21, 95 08:31:59 pm Content-Type: text Content-Length: 944 Sender: questions-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk 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 -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" -Terry Lambert UNIX: live FreeBSD or die! [[