From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 26 06:27:00 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id GAA07361 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 26 Mar 1996 06:27:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from optim.ism.net (optim.ism.net [205.199.12.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA07355 for ; Tue, 26 Mar 1996 06:26:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from optim.ism.net (jdc@optim.ism.net [205.199.12.2]) by optim.ism.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id HAA05898; Tue, 26 Mar 1996 07:28:00 -0700 Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 07:27:59 -0700 (MST) From: John-David Childs To: Bill Fenner cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Error: C:1024>1023 (BIOS limit)" In-Reply-To: <96Mar24.010137pst.177478@crevenia.parc.xerox.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 24 Mar 1996, Bill Fenner wrote: > I just repartitioned my drive on my machine at home, so decided the easiest > way to deal was to install from my 2.1 CD and then sup the CVS tree and > check out stable and build a new kernel and then start life over from scratch. > > I built my new kernel, did a "make install", and then rebooted. However, > while trying to the symbols, the loader said: "Error: C:1024>1023 (BIOS limit)". > > This is kind of an unexpected message, since not only does "fdisk" say only > 1023 cylinders, "disklabel" says that the a partition is cylinders 0-34. > Hmmm...that is odd! I noticed that your problem is already solved, but do you by any chance have an Award BIOS? I had the same problem when I first installed 2.1, but the solution turned out to to be turning LBA mode on in the BIOS. -- John-David Childs www.marsweb.com/www.ism.net System Administrator Internet Services Montana (406)542-0838 & Network Engineer M@RSWeb - Montana's PREMIER Web Site "I used up all my sick days...so I'm calling in dead"