From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Oct 8 6:37:26 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from nx5.HRZ.Uni-Dortmund.DE (nx5.HRZ.Uni-Dortmund.DE [129.217.131.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D60EF37B66C for ; Sun, 8 Oct 2000 06:37:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dunkelkammer.void (actually dial-142009.HRZ.Uni-Dortmund.DE) by nx5.HRZ.Uni-Dortmund.DE via smtp-local with SMTP; Sun, 8 Oct 2000 15:37:06 +0200 Received: by dunkelkammer.void (Postfix, from userid 910) id CDD5822C99; Sun, 8 Oct 2000 15:34:46 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dunkelkammer.void (Postfix) with ESMTP id E77A622C98; Sun, 8 Oct 2000 15:34:45 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2000 15:34:45 +0200 (CEST) From: Stefan Walter X-Sender: stefan@dunkelkammer.void To: Mikael Larsson Cc: freebsd Subject: Re: Mulitple os (windows 2000, Linux and freebsd). In-Reply-To: <005e01c03128$52d30d70$6aed40d5@hemmabjsuf2ufs> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 8 Oct 2000, Mikael Larsson wrote: > > > questions is that I wrote that freebsd must be installe "above" 8G on > > > the harddisk, is this true? > > > > > > Mike > > > > 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. > > > > Ben > > > > 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 Should work fine with the second disk, I have my box set up that way, too. You can boot from the second disk via the bootloader then. Regards, SW -- this moonlit night, late October's swirling fog-gloom and as promised, my love did rise - from the green light... http://transfer.to/dunkelkammer To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message