From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 3 13:38:45 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA07330 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 3 Apr 1998 13:38:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA07247 for ; Fri, 3 Apr 1998 13:38:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA11062; Fri, 3 Apr 1998 13:38:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 13:38:18 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: MJS BMXer cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fixed lasted problem, new problem has come... In-Reply-To: <84318c1a.352540c3@aol.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 3 Apr 1998, MJS BMXer wrote: > I got past the problem where it had the default boot prompt thingie as > 0:wd(o,a)kernel, by changing it to 0:wd(0,a)kernel. But now, after I do that, > it just says this: > Error: C: 366846 > 1023 (BIOS limit) > How do I get past this or fix it? That is not good. Your BIOS doesn't support booting operating systems beyond 500mb or so. I would suggest investing in a new disk specifically for FreeBSD, or rearrange your disk so that FreeBSD's root slice is under cylinder 1024. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message