From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 30 12:13: 9 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from albatross.prod.itd.earthlink.net (albatross.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15C0937B41B for ; Sun, 30 Dec 2001 12:13:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from dialup-63.214.194.233.dial1.philadelphia1.level3.net ([63.214.194.233] helo=sparky) by albatross.prod.itd.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16KmKN-0001JR-00; Sun, 30 Dec 2001 12:13:04 -0800 From: Jud To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Bjarne Wichmann Petersen Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 15:13:12 -0500 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Reply-To: jud@operamail.com In-Reply-To: <20011230081401.TXVI22989.fepB.post.tele.dk@there> Message-Id: <8FD1Y87KFKJLKUTGVS61VPJESPDCID.3c2f7558@sparky> Subject: Re: Limitations of BSD-slices. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Mailer: Opera 6.0 build 1010 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 12/30/2001 3:14:55 AM, Bjarne Wichmann Petersen 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