Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 15:13:12 -0500 From: Jud <jud@operamail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Bjarne Wichmann Petersen <freebsd.nospam@mekanix.dk> Subject: Re: Limitations of BSD-slices. Message-ID: <8FD1Y87KFKJLKUTGVS61VPJESPDCID.3c2f7558@sparky> In-Reply-To: <20011230081401.TXVI22989.fepB.post.tele.dk@there>
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12/30/2001 3:14:55 AM, Bjarne Wichmann Petersen <freebsd.nospam@mekanix.dk> wrote: >I'm about to install FreeBSD onto a new drive and since I like to play with a >wast amount of OS' I need to be carefull on how I organise my drives. So I've >been reading through Handbook to see which limitation FreeBSD is posing onto >the drives. > [snip] Tried QNX? I haven't, and I'm a bit curious. >Last time I installed FreeBSD I recall that / was needed to be located below >8GB for it to boot. Is this limitation still in act or am I free to boot from >anywhere on the drive? Can't find anything about it in the Handbook. The last I saw, the 1024th cylinder limitation was still in effect if using FBSD's bootloader, though someone else may know different. GRUB, which I've only used a short time but am quite happy with, says it will boot an OS beyond the 1024th cylinder if your disks do LBA. LBA isn't exactly a new thing, so I assume this will work for most people. I'm about to try converting much of my W2K space to dynamic volumes and installing FBSD beyond the 1024th cylinder, so if I don't completely screw up my system in the process, I'll let folks know how it went. Jud To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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