From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Aug 22 13:50:58 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from pop.uniserve.com (pop.uniserve.com [204.244.156.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AB55B14D69 for ; Sun, 22 Aug 1999 13:50:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tom@uniserve.com) Received: from shell.uniserve.ca [204.244.186.218] by pop.uniserve.com with smtp (Exim 1.82 #4) id 11IeYj-0001K4-00; Sun, 22 Aug 1999 13:49:45 -0700 Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 13:49:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom X-Sender: tom@shell.uniserve.ca To: Brandon Fosdick Cc: Mike Smith , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dual Boot on a 20GB HDD? In-Reply-To: <001201beecce$02f0b4a0$63dc0281@umd.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 22 Aug 1999, Brandon Fosdick wrote: > > > System: PIII-600 128MB RAM 20GB HDD on an Asus P3B-F mboard > > > OS's: Win98, FBSD 3.2-R > > > > > > I already have two dos slices that take up the first 15GB of the drive > so I > > > tried installing FBSD at the end of the disk. The installation went fine > but > > > it won't boot into FBSD. When I hit F3 at boot-up to select FBSD I get a > > > console beep and nothing happens. Hitting the F1 key takes it right into > > > windoze w/o any problems. I've already tried updating the BIOS on the > > > mboard. Is there a limitation in FBSD (or BootMgr) that prevents booting > to > > > a slice at the 15GB point? > > > > This is a BIOS limitation; you can't (easily) boot anything beyond the > > 1024 cylinder limit. > > My old machine booted from somewhere in the 14000's. It had a BIOS from > 1997. This new machine has a BIOS from 8/17/99. That's why I think this has > something to do with FBSD. I sent a message to Asus just to make sure it's > not a problem with the BIOS. Definitely not. If you use LBA, cylinders are re-mapped. If you use LARGE, they are not. The BIOS can't easy boot anything beyond 1024 cylinders. If you use LBA, that means you can boot FBSD within the 8.4GB limit. I don't think it is possible to boot anything beyond 8.4GB. Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message