From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 30 14:48:26 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7418116A4CE for ; Fri, 30 Jan 2004 14:48:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (A17-250-248-87.apple.com [17.250.248.87]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EFC043D3F for ; Fri, 30 Jan 2004 14:48:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ivaldes2@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin07-en2 [10.13.10.152]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/MantshX 2.0) with ESMTP id i0UMmPqE023084 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 2004 14:48:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from mac.com (adsl-20-127-60.chs.bellsouth.net [66.20.127.60]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/smtpin07/MantshX 3.0) with ESMTP id i0UMmNwJ022865 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 2004 14:48:24 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 17:48:14 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v553) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed From: ivan valdes To: doc@FreeBSD.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <6389BF70-5376-11D8-ACD7-000A958EA14C@mac.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.553) Subject: booting freebsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 22:48:26 -0000 does freebsd adhere to the 8g / partition limit for booting. linux doesn't seem to have this limitation. want to try this but d/booting this can be a problem. want to d/boot with xppro and that os is a hog when it comes to hd space. thanks for ur response. guess could try the d/boot with my imac but i may have the same problem. please advise.