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Date:      Sat, 24 Jun 2000 10:42:58 -0700
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net>
To:        zruya avi <zruya@netvision.net.il>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 1024 Cylinder
Message-ID:  <20000624104258.A2881@dialin-client.earthlink.net>
In-Reply-To: <000801bfddee$1f109a80$8469b3d4@moshe>; from zruya@netvision.net.il on Sat, Jun 24, 2000 at 05:08:52PM %2B0200
References:  <000801bfddee$1f109a80$8469b3d4@moshe>

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On Sat, Jun 24, 2000 at 05:08:52PM +0200, zruya avi wrote:
> I'm about to install freebsd 4, i would like to know if the freebsd boot loader supports > 1024 cylinder ( i'm running windows as well ), and if not could you tell me of a good unix boot loader that supports > 1024 cylinder .

Problems with the 1024 cylinder limits are BIOS limitations, not the
boot loader. The FreeBSD boot loader will work fine with a >1024 root
partition if the BIOS can deal with it. If the BIOS can't... sorry,
Charlie. I don't know how it would be possible to work around the BIOS
limitation (short of moving a small partition within the 1024 limit)
no matter how good the boot loader is.
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu


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