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Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 20:43:16 -0700
From: "Crist J . Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net>
To: Justin Ko <aka_jasting@hotmail.com>
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Partitioning Limitations
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On Fri, Oct 06, 2000 at 11:38:42AM -0600, Justin Ko wrote:
> 
> 
> Hey. I'm trying to run a dual boot FreeBSD/Windows98 system off of the same 
> hard drive. What kind of partitioning limitations will there be? I remember 
> reaidng about FreeBSD having to be located on a partition within 1024 
> cylinders of the head of the drive or something similar. Is that the case?

This is a BIOS limitation and has nothing to do with FreeBSD or
whatever OS you happen to be using.

> I've been moving around partitions and reinstalling for about a week now. 
> I've tried having a FAT32 partition at the front of the drive, with another 
> for FBSD. They both installed, but when I was booting with the boot manager, 
> I would press F2 and FreeBSD wouldn't boot.

What'd it say?

> I repartitioned and put the 
> FreeBSD partition in front. The boot manager still refuses to allow both to 
> boot within reinstalling one or the other.

Error message?
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Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu


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