Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 02:58:10 +0300 From: Stefan KORONKA <KoronkaS@interscope.ro> To: "'Hemanth K. Manda'" <manda@BPA.Arizona.EDU> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Multiple OS installation !! Message-ID: <D08F9E2FE307D411857300104B34F1A202D97B@URANUS>
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I hope this is clear enough ... The BIOS of the PCs have a limitation: it cannot boot over the 1024 cylinder. This limitation also accures to the boot manager, which use the BIOS functions in the boot process. I don't know any boot manager which can boot over this limit. As I heard, version 5 of FreeBSD will know to boot over this 1024 limit. Until then, you have to install it on a partition which begin under 1024cyl. > I am completelt new to Unix installation ... Currently I have > Windows 98 > on a 20 GB computer. So I thought of installing Free BSD and > partitioned > the system into 14GB/6GB ... (14 for windows) ... For this I had to > allocate around 1800 cylinders for windows. Then I installed > Free BSD on > the second partition. But I cannot boot unix from the boot > manager.. It > simply refuses to boot no matter how many times I press F2. On the > other hand Windows 98 (F1) is working fine .... > > It would be noce if some-one can explain the reason and a > solution to this > problem. Please elaborate your explanation as I am not very > familiar with > the terminology and procedures. You give pretty good details about your problem, so I'm sure you you will handle this :) Good luck. > > Thanks in advance, > Hemanth Manda. > Stefan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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