From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 7 19:09:48 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id TAA14945 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 7 Nov 1995 19:09:48 -0800 Received: from nike.efn.org (gurney_j@haus.efn.org [198.68.17.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id TAA14939 for ; Tue, 7 Nov 1995 19:09:34 -0800 Received: (from gurney_j@localhost) by nike.efn.org (8.6.11/8.6.9) id TAA20514; Tue, 7 Nov 1995 19:12:55 -0800 Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 19:12:53 -0800 (PST) From: John-Mark Gurney Reply-To: John-Mark Gurney To: Michael Smith cc: Samy Touati , questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: IDE HD > 1Gb In-Reply-To: <199511080247.CAA05609@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 8 Nov 1995, Michael Smith wrote: > Samy Touati stands accused of saying: > > > > Is it true that FBSD will not boot if installed on a IDE HD > 1Gb? > > No. The "truth" is that it is impossible for the MBR code, which uses > the BIOS, to load _any_ operating system from beyond the 1024 cylinder > mark. I haven't tried this... but is it possible if you bios supports setting the cylinders > 1024? My AMI bios allows you to... but I haven't tried adding a root partition >1024... John-Mark gurney_j@efn.org Modem/FAX: (503) 683-6954 (FreeBSD Box) Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD (unix) GCS/M/Sd#h+s+!gau-a--w++++vC+++++UF++++P---E---N++W---M--V--Y+t+5++G+b+D++ B----eu+h++!f++n---- CD5OUF++++.L-------2W.DM----N.9---NET2SP3s.2,4s.,4d.2,6---