Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 20:47:34 -0700 (MST) From: markem@primenet.com (Mark Monninger) To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: IDE HD > 1Gb Message-ID: <199511080347.UAA10764@usr4.primenet.com>
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At 02:47 AM 11/8/95 +0000, Michael Smith wrote: >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. > Well, I have a controller that implements EIDE and I can't boot either the install floppies or FreeBSD off a second, 400MB drive. I know the floppies are OK cause I can boot them on another non-EIDE machine. I can also boot OS/2 off a partition on my 1.2G drive and that partition starts in cyl 1800 or so. The boot manager and fdisk see all the partitions on both drives but when I try to boot the FreeBSD partition or from the floppies, the drive light blinks and then the system does nothing. Mark
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